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Code
Ar/Ab.AB2.09.C.04
Coded on
2012-05-08
Recorder
Alan Greene
Period
Late Bronze I - Iron 1b
Remarks

An undecorated black on black LM vessel, likely LB, highly abraded on both the internal and external surfaces. The fragment is restored from 4 sub-fragments. The dominant Black GY1 2.5/N exterior is mottled with Reddish Brown 5YR 5/3, perhaps evidence of firing clouds. The Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N interior is mottled with Gray 5YR 5/1, more likely corrosion. Core band one is actually Reddish Black 2.5YR 2.5/1 (not 10R). While both surfaces are smoothed, the exterior is much smoother than the interior, which is very highly perforated by sand inclusions. Besides the dominant fine sand inclusions, coarse sand particles are also visible in the breaks. Larger particles are occasionally visible in the internal surface. Slight lamination hints in the breaks suggest a slab building process, which perhaps resulted in the differential character of the internal and external slabs. Very high amounts of pyrite particles are visible in both the internal and external surfaces. Breaks are hackly. Light yellowish brown corrosion covers 20% of the internal and external surfaces.

Status
Restored
Variant
Indeterminate / неопределенный
Mode
Large Indeterminate / Сосуд
Possible Function
Indeterminate
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Body
Hardness
Apatite
Inclusions
Coarse Sand
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Smoothed / Обмаз. Выглаженная
Body
Axis
Inverted Cone / Обратно конич.
Profile
Convex / Выпуклый
Measurements
Length (max)
115.63mm
Width (max)
99.75mm
Thickness
8.89mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N
Exterior Color
Black GY1 2.5/N
Core Bands
Reddish Black 10R 2.5/1
Black GY1 2.5/N
Dominant Core Band
1