Designated MAE105--radiographed, XRF, SAXS. An inferior shoulder or superior body portion of an MBIV/LBI pithos from the Gegharot shrine. The decorative schema consists of 5 parallel, wavy punctate lines descending superior-to-inferior down the sherd. These were likely applied with some kind of rouletting tool, each impression consisting of two side-by-side marks, usually ovoid or diamond in shape. The lines are consistently .45 cm wide and are spaced on average .6 cm apart. This fragment likely belongs to a large, reconstructed, complete pithos. (Is that one coded yet?) (Concat number?) The exterior surface is highly burnished and convered densely with what appear to be subtle dimples of various sizes. The right-hand side of the interior surface is colored Very Dark Gray GY1 3/N, separated from the Reddish Brown portion by a very distinct linear boundary. This may be the result of the terminal Gegharot fire. Fire may also account for the portions of the wall that appear to be oxidizes instead of Very Dark Gray, as noted for the dominant core band (or it could simply represent a spatially partial slip. The Reddish Brown portion of the interior surface is 20% mottled with Gray GY1 5/N and 5% covered in light gray, dendritic corrosion. The interior surface is covered in dense circumferential rotational striations, running counter clockwise across the surface and dislodging many very coarse sand particles. In addition to the very coarse sand, significant amounts of coarse and medium sand are visible in the fabric (granite and obsidian particles are possiblities). Breaks are rough.
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