EASTERN | DESERT | WARE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL | DATA | AND | DESCRIPTION
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Sherd number: EDW 85
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| Site: |
Wadi Sikait (location)
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| Context: |
Graeco-Roman beryl mine (Mons
Smaragdus)
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| Date: |
3rd-6th century AD (surface find)
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| Picture: |
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| Weight (g): |
9
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| Estimated vessel equivalent (%): |
Body
sherd
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| Average thickness (mm): |
4.2
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| Color inside (Munsell): |
10 R 5/6 (red)
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| Treatment of inside: |
Burnished,
red slip
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| Color outside (Munsell): |
10 R 5/6 (red)
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| Treatment of outside: |
Burnished, red slip
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| Lay-out of decoration (Strouhal): |
D 0 = Unknown/not decorated
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| Method of decoration: |
Impressed
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| Tools used: |
Chisel
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| Direction: |
Unknown
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| Motif: |
Spirals
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| Repetitions: |
Unknown |
| Drawing: |
 |
| Color of break (Munsell): |
10 R 5/2 (weak red)
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| Fabric (Rose): |
Unusual
fabric with many large oval organic inclusions
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| Form (Strouhal): |
H 0 = Unknown |
| Rim diameter (cm): |
Bodysherd
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| Height (cm): |
Unknown |
| Additional information provided by: |
H. Barnard |
| Material made available by: |
Sikait Conservation Project |
REMARKS: Body sherd, too little remains for a
certain classification.
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