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Code
Ar/Ts.WSJ.6.C.01
Coded on
2008-11-05
Recorder
Lori Khatchadourian
Period
Iron 3a: Achaemenid
Remarks

This is a very unique plate sherd which we really haven't seen before at Tsaghakahovit, but some comparanda were identified in the 'imperial style' research, including perhaps type 108 from Godin II. The handle might wrap around much of the plate, but we don't know for sure. In any case, the handle extends across most of the sherd, with a real, not broken, edge on one side. The dish is quite flat, which means the inverted cones mentioned above are very broad. There is no dominant band but bands 1 and 3 are the same. Surface colors are variable across the plate, I have taken the dominant red of the exerior and the brown of the interior. Natural surface calsification on the sherd interior and exterior. Rechecked on 06/21/12 before sending for INAA.

Status
Photo Scan, Drawn
Variant
Unrestricted / Открытый Сосуд
Mode
Plate / блуда
Possible Function
Consumption, Indeterminate
Preservation
Incomplete
Extant Parts
Rim, Shoulder, Body
Hardness
Calcite
Inclusions
Medium Sand
Sorting
Poorly Sorted
Surface Treatment (Exterior)
Slipped & Polished / Обмаз. Полированная
Surface Treatment (Interior)
Slipped & Polished / Обмаз. Полированная
Body
Axis
Inverted Cone / Обратно конич.
Profile
Straight / Прямое
Rim
Applied?
No
Rolled?
No
Plan
Circular / Круглый
Shape
Rounded / Закругленный
Diameter
120.0mm
Diameter %
18.75%
Thickness
4.18mm
Shoulder

No characteristics supplied for shoulder.

Measurements
Length (max)
70.82mm
Width (max)
58.36mm
Thickness
5.86mm
Colors

From Interior to Exterior

Interior Color
Dark grayish brown 10 YR 4/2
Exterior Color
Red 2.5YR 5/6
Core Bands
Brown 7.5YR 5/3
Grayish Brown 10YR 5/2
Brown 7.5YR 5/3