Artifact: bc005

Number:	BC005
Ware/Material:	Red Polished Ware
Shape/Type:	Gourd Juglet
Date:	Prehistoric Bronze Age
Preservation:	Intact
Body Shape:	Ovoid
Base Shape:	Slightly flattened
Neck Shape:	Narrow cylindrical
Rim Shape:	Broad everted
Handle(s):	Vertical handle rising slightly above rim to shoulder
Fabric:	Buff
Description:	Red slip. Incised lime-filled decoration. 6 groups of 6 concentric circles at intervals across body. Space between circles filled with parallel line motifs. Circles on the lower body joined by 2 groups of 8 and 1 instance of 11 roughly horizontal parallel line motifs. Circles on the upper body, at shoulder, surrounded by diagonal parallel lines and small strings of hatch marks. One horizontal line at neck-body join. Two groups of 4 parallel horizontal lines on neck. Rim, handle, and base unadorned.
Height(cm):	14.2
Max. Diameter(cm):	8.2
Rim Diameter(cm):	3.2
Manufacture:	Hand built
Comparisons in Print:	SCE IV:1A, 310, Type I B cl var. a, Webb 1997: 93+108.
Online Comparison:	Harvard Semitic Museum, Cesnola Collection
Remarks:	Acquired Kolokasides c-989-1

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