EASTERN | DESERT | WARE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL | DATA | AND | DESCRIPTION
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Sherd number: EDW 262
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| Site: |
Umm Hieron, Mons Smaragdus area (location)
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| Context: |
Desert settlement of unknown purpose
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| Date: |
3rd-8th century AD (surface find)
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| Picture: |
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| Weight (g): |
8
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| Estimated vessel equivalent (%): |
Body sherd
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| Average thickness (mm): |
5.4
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| Color inside (Munsell): |
10 R 5/4 (weak red)
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| Treatment of inside: |
Smoothed
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| Color outside (Munsell): |
10 R 5/6 (red)
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| Treatment of outside: |
Burnished |
| Lay-out of decoration (Strouhal): |
D 0 = Unknown |
| Method of decoration: |
Incised |
| Tools used: |
Chisel
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| Direction: |
Unknown
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| Motif: |
Lines,
triangles |
| Repetitions: |
Unknown
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| Drawing: |
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| Color of break (Munsell): |
7.5 R 5/6 (red)
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| Fabric (Rose): |
Unclassified
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| Form (Strouhal): |
H 0 = Unknown |
| Rim diameter (cm): |
Body sherd
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| Height (cm): |
Unknown
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| Additional information provided by: |
H. Barnard |
| Material made available by: |
Mons Smaragdus Project (University of
Delaware) |
| REMARKS: Too little remains for certain classification.
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