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ARCHAEOLOGICAL | DATA | AND | DESCRIPTION
Sherd number: EDW 129
Site: Tabot (location)
Context: Late Roman-Early Islamic waystation and mining camp
Date: 6th-8th century AD (Tabot-complex, room 1)
Picture:
Weight (g): 21
Estimated vessel equivalent (%): Body sherd
Average thickness (mm): 7.4
Color inside (Munsell): 2.5 YR 3/1 (dark reddish gray)
Treatment of inside: Burnt
Color outside (Munsell): 2.5 YR 6/4 (light reddish brown)
Treatment of outside: Wiped
Lay-out of decoration (Strouhal): D 8 = Unarticulated / asymmetric
Method of decoration: Punctuated
Tools used: Chisel
Direction: Unknown
Motif: Unknown
Repetitions: Unknown
Drawing:
Color of break (Munsell): 5 YR 4/3 (reddish brown)
Fabric (Rose): EDW-1
Form (Strouhal): H 0 = Unknown
Rim diameter (cm): Unknown
Height (cm): Unknown
Additional information provided by: H. Barnard
Material made available by: Kulturlandskaputvikling (University of Bergen, Norway)
REMARKS: Relatively thick, but very brittle body sherd.
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