EASTERN | DESERT | WARE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL | DATA | AND | DESCRIPTION
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Sherd number: EDW 8
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| Site: |
Berenike (location, description)
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| Context: |
Trench 21; late Roman trash dump |
| Date: |
5th century AD |
| Picture: |
 |
| Weight (g): |
25
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| Estimated vessel equivalent (%): |
16 |
| Average thickness (mm): |
4.6
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| Color inside (Munsell): |
5 YR 4/2 (dark reddish gray)
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| Treatment of inside: |
Burnished, compacted |
| Color outside (Munsell): |
2.5 YR 3/2 (dusky red)
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| Treatment of outside: |
Burnt |
| Lay-out of decoration (Strouhal): |
D 3 = Multiple, horizontal bands |
| Method of decoration: |
Impressed |
| Tools used: |
Triangular tool |
| Direction: |
Left to right
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| Motif: |
Round brackets |
| Repetitions: |
Unknown |
| Drawing: |
 |
| Color of break (Munsell): |
5 YR 4/1 (dark gray)
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| Fabric (Rose): |
EDW-1 |
| Form (Strouhal): |
H 2a = Globular bowl |
| Rim diameter (cm): |
14 |
| Height (cm): |
Unknown |
| Additional information provided by: |
P.J. Rose |
| Material made available by: |
Berenike Project |
| REMARKS: Possible parallel from Berenike
(EDW-1). |
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