Cemetery:
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Looters' dump
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Tomb and Item:
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P4
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Ware:
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Black Polished
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Shape:
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spindle whorl
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Notes:
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Approximately half of a conical whorl. Traces of black and red-brown slip. Incised decoration. One-line circles with three short horizontal lines within them and three-line zig-zags. No apparent use wear but terminals not well preserved. Height 33mm. Diameter 35mm. Diameter of perforation 10mm (not well preserved). Preserved weight 17.1g. Drawn.
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Description:
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Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Joins: 1 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: ? -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6, 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/3 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, red -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none
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