Artifact: bc008

Number:	BC008
Ware/Material:	Black Polished Ware
Shape/Type:	Juglet
Date:	Prehistoric Bronze Age
Preservation:	Mended: Handle repaired, surface damage and crack on side of body; surface ware has obliterated some of the decoration.
Body Shape:	Piriform
Base Shape:	Rounded
Neck Shape:	Narrow cylindrical
Rim Shape:	Broad splaying, concave
Handle(s):	Vertical, from rim to shoulder
Description:	Black slip with incised lime-filled decoration. 4 roughly vertical ladder motifs pendent from the neck-base, intersected at intervals by diagonal ladder motifs--the space between these punctuated by clusters of 3 impressed dots. Incised line at neck-base. Neck boasts 5 roughly parallel horizontal lines below the rim. Handle decorated with zigzags and short hash marks. Horizontally pierced lug on shoulder opposite handle.
Height(cm):	9.7
Max. Diameter(cm):	7.2
Rim Diameter(cm):	4.3
Manufacture:	Hand built
Comparisons in Print:	SCE IV:1A, Fig. CLII.10; Webb 1997: 354.

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