| Typological reasons for assignment |
2009-09-24 |
mKB |
-p70 bright red-orange polished body sherd with darker red slip on interior, carbon core large gray and white pebbles, medium to low fire, probably an initation of Uruk Red Ware but brighter in color and coarser in section than imported Uruk Red Ware excavated by us in Qraya. LCH coarse ware sherds: -p1 hammer rim bowl gray-brown slip interior and exterior, coarse surface texture but the interior somwhat smoother than exterior, -p3 small pointed rim bowl with wide carbon core, scrape marks on exterior body below rim, "exploded" calcite on exterior surface -p4 hole mouth jar with handle, shape unknown, wide dark carbon core, much chaff and large lithic inclusions, mostly light gray, medium fire. Number of coarse body sherds: 45, number of fine body sherds:1 [Input: T924MKB1.j] |