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Closed painted vessel, Late Mycenaean?R8 Cat. HoB 95
Pottery
Ceramic
Late Helladic IIIC (Late Bronze Age)
Two joining body fragments from a closed vessel of piriform shape. Reddish clay polished on the exterior. Most of the profile preserved. The three horizontal bands with crosshatched triangles above are all painted reddish-brown.
Penelope Mountjoy (201...
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Buff Ware bowlR8 Cat. HoB 96
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Rim of plain, Buff Ware bowl with slightly everted rim. Exterior is polished and slipped, and interior is smoothed. White inclusions in fabric.
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Lug handle with pierced holeR8 Cat. HoB 97
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Small horizontal lug handle pierced vertically; hole is in center of handle near body. Buff, micaceous clay.
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Loom weight pierced by two holesR8 Cat. HoB 98
Weaving Equipment
Terracotta
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Hammer-shaped loom weight. Reddish-brown clay with chaff and stone inclusions. Two holes pierced through the middle section of the weight. A break occurred at one of the holes. Lightly fired.
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Loom weightR8 Cat. HoB 99
Weaving Equipment
Terracotta
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Hammer-shaped loom weight. Reddish-buff clay with stone inclusions. Hole pierced through the middle section of weight. Lightly fired. Traces of burning.
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Loom weightR8 Cat. HoB 100
Weaving Equipment
Terracotta
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Hammer-shaped loom weight. Reddish-orange clay with chaff. Hole pierced through the middle section of the weight. More heavily fired. Traces of burning.
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Iron knife bladeR8 Cat. HoB 101
Metalwork
Iron
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Small, oblong iron knife blade. Bottom of blade curves up to meet top of blade, which is straight and level. Rectangular tang.
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WhetstoneR8 Cat. HoB 102
Stone Implement
Stone
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Fragment of a whetstone of hard gray stone, broken at one end. It probably had a hole at the other end, based on others.
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Granite quernR8 Cat. HoB 103
Grindstone
Stone
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Fragment from the middle of a lightly crescent-shaped quern. Smoothed on convex and flat faces while broken edges remain rough. Traces of burning.
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Buff Ware bowlR8 Cat. HoB 104
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Small Buff Ware bowl. Reddish-buff micaceous clay. Outwardly thickened rim. Polished on both exterior and interior.
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Pithos with two small lug handlesR8 Cat. HoB 105
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Complete pithos. Red fabric, coarse and gritty. Rounded everted rim with two small lug handles below rim. Body tapers to rounded base.
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Rod or spit holderR8 Cat. HoB 106
Pottery
Terracotta
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Fragment of an oval terracotta object used as a rod or spit holder. Two projections at the top may have been part of a row used to steady rods or a spit. Compare HoB 230, from Deep Sounding C.
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Handle of amphora or jug with paintR8 Cat. HoB 107
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Vertical handle, oval in section. Painted wavy line runs along its length. Similar to HoB 169, from same elevation in Deep Sounding C. A deep gouge on the exterior.
Mycenaean, or imitation?
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Brown on Buff jarR8 Cat. HoB 108
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Neck fragment of a thick-walled high-fired jar (?) with Brown on Buff painted band and broad triangles below; a second horizontal band across base of triangles. Horizontal band on interior. Body partly reduced at exterior.
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Closed vesselR8 Cat. HoB 109
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Small body fragment of thick-walled closed vessel. Fabric reddish on inner and outer surface; body thoroughly reduced. Purplish band or else thinner black glaze above black band or area.
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Closed vesselR8 Cat. HoB 110
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Body fragment of a closed vessel. Reddish fabric. Two narrow bands of brown paint with larger dark area below.
Sub-Mycenaean or Protogeometric?
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Gray Ware bowlR8 Cat. HoB 111
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Fragment of low foot of thick-walled Gray Ware bowl. Light, silvery, self-slipped, and polished surface with a body reduced to a uniform gray throughout. Some post-breakage burning.
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Gray Ware bowl with loop handleR8 Cat. HoB 112
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Fragment of small shallow Gray Ware bowl with ledge rim and stump of a delicate flat loop handle. Sharp carination below rim.
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Gray Ware one-handled cupR8 Cat. HoB 113
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Five fragments, four joining, of a Gray Ware cup. Micaceous fabric. Steep straight wall, slightly flaring; vertical handle, oval in section, attached at point of carination to the rim; circular base. Two horizontal incised lines about mid-height. Han...
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Gray Ware dishR8 Cat. HoB 114
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Gray Ware detached high foot or stand of a cup or dish. Top surface has radiating ridges to secure the join between foot and separately made body [lost].
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Jar with herringbone patternR8 Cat. HoB 115
Pottery
Ceramic
Early Iron Age (Early Lydian)
Two joining fragments of the shoulder of a large buff jar. At least two horizontal rows of incised herringbone pattern. Probably local.
Early Iron Age.
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Jar with combed wave patternR8 Cat. HoB 116
Pottery
Ceramic
Early Iron Age (Early Lydian)
Fragment of shoulder of thin-walled closed jar with finely incised, combed wave pattern and a slightly indented horizontal ridge above it. Fine smooth buff surface; distinctly micaceous. Probably local.
Early Iron Age.
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Gray Ware jug handleR8 Cat. HoB 117
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Fragment of a Gray Ware jug handle. Stump of vertical handle, round in section. A projection below base of handle.
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Handmade jar with rope patternR8 Cat. HoB 118
Pottery
Ceramic
Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)
Two joining pieces of the wall of a handmade storage jar. Red fabric with chalk inclusions. Two raised bands with diagonal slashes making a rope pattern.
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