EASTERN | DESERT | WARE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL | DATA | AND | DESCRIPTION
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Sherd number: EDW 9
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Site: |
Berenike (location, description)
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Context: |
Trench 21; late Roman trash dump |
Date: |
5th century AD |
Picture: |
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Weight (g): |
22
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Estimated vessel equivalent (%): |
6
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Average thickness (mm): |
5.2
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Color inside (Munsell): |
2.5 YR 3/2 (dusky red)
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Treatment of inside: |
Compacted, smoothed
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Color outside (Munsell): |
2.5 YR 2.5/1 (reddish black)
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Treatment of outside: |
Burnished, burnt |
Lay-out of decoration (Strouhal): |
D 2 = Narrow, single band |
Method of decoration: |
Plastic, impressed, punctuated
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Tools used: |
Round point |
Direction: |
Unknown
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Motif: |
Round brackets |
Repetitions: |
Unknown |
Drawing: |
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Color of break (Munsell): |
2.5 YR 5/1 (reddish gray)
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Fabric (Rose): |
EDW-1 |
Form (Strouhal): |
H 3 = Jar/pot
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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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