A roulette-decorated LB bowl--due to it's ornamentation likely LB1. Fragment is restored from 5 joining sub-fragments and presents a complete profile. The ornamentation schema is located completely on the vessel shoulder (there is no neck) and consists of 4 tightly grouped circumferential wavy lines that were likely applied with a (rolled) roulette tool. The superior punctates are deeper than the interior ones, particularly the fourth and most inferior line, indicating that the roulette was more heavily pressed on the superior shoulder, catching the lower shoulder more lightly. In some places point ornaments are even missing in the fourth line. The average interval between waves is 2.85cm, but not strictly consistent. Superior to the roulette lines is a single circumferential furrow ornament located directly superior to the b/s break. The rim is perhaps not rolled, but simply bent--nevertheless a clear rolling action can be seen in the break profile. The polishing marks on the highly polished exterior begin abruptly 0.48cm inferior to the rim roll--this may indicate that the entire exterior was polished first, and the rim cut and formed second. External polishing marks are dense, but the exterior is highly abraded. The lower body and base may never have had any polish. The internal polishing marks are also densely applied. There is some "banding" to the internal polish--3 circumferential polish lines approx. 0.23cm wide--on the internal upper shoulder. No polish is visible below the internal b/s break, but it may simply have abraded away. In addition to the medium sand noted above, the fabric seems to include a truly equal distribution of all kinds of sand. Coarse sand particles perforate both the internal and external surfaces with moderate frequency. There is 20% light yellowish brown corrosion on all surfaces, but the abrasion and sand perforation make a truly accurate estimation difficult--very chaotic surfaces. Pyrite particles are visible in both surfaces as well, moderate frequency, limited pyrite popping. Breaks are rough.
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