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Sherd number: EDW 9
Site: Berenike  (location, description)
Context: Trench 21; late Roman trash dump
Date: 5th century AD
Picture:
Weight (g): 22
Estimated vessel equivalent (%): 6
Average thickness (mm): 5.2
Color inside (Munsell): 2.5 YR 3/2 (dusky red)
Treatment of inside: Compacted, smoothed
Color outside (Munsell): 2.5 YR 2.5/1 (reddish black)
Treatment of outside: Burnished, burnt
Lay-out of decoration (Strouhal): D 2 = Narrow, single band
Method of decoration: Plastic, impressed, punctuated
Tools used: Round point
Direction: Unknown
Motif: Round brackets
Repetitions: Unknown
Drawing:
Color of break (Munsell): 2.5 YR 5/1 (reddish gray)
Fabric (Rose): EDW-1
Form (Strouhal): H 3 = Jar/pot
Rim diameter (cm): 16
Height (cm): Unknown
Additional information provided by: P.J. Rose
Material made available by: Berenike Project
REMARKS: Possible parallel from Bir Abraq (Karim Sadr 1994, Fig. 3).
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