EASTERN | DESERT | WARE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL | DATA | AND | DESCRIPTION
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Sherd number: EDW 83
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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): |
53
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Estimated vessel equivalent (%): |
76 (of
base)
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Average thickness (mm): |
4.4
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Color inside (Munsell): |
5 YR 5/6 (yellowish red)
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Treatment of inside: |
Smoothed
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Color outside (Munsell): |
5 YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
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Treatment of outside: |
Burnished, red slip
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Lay-out of decoration (Strouhal): |
D 5 = Vertical without metopes
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Method of decoration: |
Impressed, incised, punctuated, filled
in
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Tools used: |
Chisel
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Direction: |
Unknown
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Motif: |
X-motif
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Repetitions: |
Unknown |
Drawing: |
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Color of break (Munsell): |
5 YR 3/1 (very dark gray)
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Fabric (Rose): |
EDW-2
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Form (Strouhal): |
H 1d = Conical cup |
Rim diameter (cm): |
Base
diameter: 7 cm.
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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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