EASTERN | DESERT | WARE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL | DATA | AND | DESCRIPTION
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Sherd number: EDW 123
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| Site: |
Tabot (location)
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| Context: |
Late Roman-Early Islamic waystation and
mining camp |
| Date: |
6th-8th century AD (116x / 118y - LII)
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| Picture: |
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| Weight (g): |
16
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| Estimated vessel equivalent (%): |
4%
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| Average thickness (mm): |
5.2
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| Color inside (Munsell): |
10 R 4/2 (weak red)
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| Treatment of inside: |
Wiped
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| Color outside (Munsell): |
10 R 4/3 (weak red)
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| Treatment of outside: |
Burnished
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| Lay-out of decoration (Strouhal): |
D 2 = Narrow single band |
| Method of decoration: |
Incised, punctuated, filled in
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| Tools used: |
Chisel
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| Direction: |
Unknown
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| Motif: |
Lines
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| Repetitions: |
Unknown |
| Drawing: |
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| Color of break (Munsell): |
5 YR 4/2 (dark reddish gray)
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| Fabric (Rose): |
Unclassified
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| Form (Strouhal): |
H 2b = Hemispherical bowl |
| Rim diameter (cm): |
21
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| Height (cm): |
Unknown |
| Additional information provided by: |
H. Barnard |
| Material made available by: |
Kulturlandskaputvikling (University of
Bergen, Norway) |
| REMARKS: Carefully squared rim. |
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