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Sherd number: EDW 83
Site: Wadi Sikait  (location)
Context: Graeco-Roman beryl mine (Mons Smaragdus)
Date: 3rd-6th century AD (surface find)
Picture:
Weight (g): 53
Estimated vessel equivalent (%): 76 (of base)
Average thickness (mm): 4.4
Color inside (Munsell): 5 YR 5/6 (yellowish red)
Treatment of inside: Smoothed
Color outside (Munsell): 5 YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Treatment of outside: Burnished, red slip
Lay-out of decoration (Strouhal): D 5 = Vertical without metopes
Method of decoration: Impressed, incised, punctuated, filled in
Tools used: Chisel
Direction: Unknown
Motif: X-motif
Repetitions: Unknown
Drawing:
Color of break (Munsell): 5 YR 3/1 (very dark gray)
Fabric (Rose): EDW-2
Form (Strouhal): H 1d = Conical cup
Rim diameter (cm): Base diameter: 7 cm.
Height (cm): Unknown
Additional information provided by: H. Barnard
Material made available by: Sikait Conservation Project
REMARKS: Red slip spills over on inside rim.
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