EASTERN | DESERT | WARE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL | DATA | AND | DESCRIPTION
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Sherd number: EDW 15
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| Site: |
Berenike (location, description)
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| Context: |
Trench 10 in the center of town |
| Date: |
1st-2nd century AD |
| Picture: |
 |
| Weight (g): |
45
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| Estimated vessel equivalent (%): |
16
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| Average thickness (mm): |
4.2
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| Color inside (Munsell): |
7.5 YR 5/4 (brown)
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| Treatment of inside: |
Smoothed
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| Color outside (Munsell): |
2.5 YR 5/8 (red)
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| Treatment of outside: |
Burnished, red slip |
| Lay-out of decoration (Strouhal): |
D 10 = other |
| Method of decoration: |
Four pair of lug handles
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| Tools used: |
Not applicable
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| Direction: |
Not applicable
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| Motif: |
Not applicable
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| Repetitions: |
Not
applicable
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| Drawing: |
 |
| Color of break (Munsell): |
5 YR 3/2 (dark reddish brown)
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| Fabric (Rose): |
Unclassified |
| Form (Strouhal): |
H 2b = Hemispherical bowl
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| Rim diameter (cm): |
16 |
| Height (cm): |
Unknown |
| Additional information provided by: |
P.J. Rose |
| Material made available by: |
Berenike Project |
REMARKS: Carefully squared rim, red slip
spills over on inside rim. Possible parallels from Berenike (EDW 59),
Tabot (EDW 131 and 139), Kalabsha P 834 (Strouhal
1984, Fig. 129) and Hitan
Rayan (Sidebotham
et al. 2002, Fig.
20/51).
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