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Area A Stratum A page 3
The sherds left after mending the above pots were:
70% plain plain + handmade coarse into a small percentage of PWM II 1 sherd Foreign, dark on light } missing from 2:12 PIT #5 (C) cannot be controlled. 1 " Foreign, Bichrome } 1 " "Red Lustrous III" (Gjerstad; henceforth R.L.III) 48 " White Slip (P748,749) both WS II + 16 WS II sherds + 3 WS I ; these cannot be controlled 71 " Base Ring (P750; 11 with applied white paint) 68 " Wash Ware (one painted) 4 " Burnished Slip (Sh119,120) not found like PWM I 1 " Shaved ware (Sh227) white 28 " Monochrome(?), (of one pot) 1 " Black Slip (incised) 18 " Red Polished, etc. (at least two probably Neolithic-D). reincised --- 243 decorated sherds
A5 A(6) The following sherds were found in the chavara fill between a2 and a3, below the level of the floors of strata C and D: plain, mmh-m 25% plain (several wheel-made) 1 PWM II 1 Sherd White Slip II 2 " Base Ring ) 3 " Wash Ware ) In. Sec. W. of 2:25A 92 " Neolithic, Red Burnished (Sh264,265,266,465a-c) -- of these 54 are given on sherd 2 " Neolithic, Light surface cards as Bronze Age R.P. 1 " Neolithic, Reserved slip (Sh267) --- 101 decorated sherds 92 54 -- 41 The sherd bags and corresponding sherd cards for these strata bear the following
designations:
A(1) 2:2, In pit with pithos; 2:2, S-E, 9.15-9.24; do. 9.24 to rock
A(2a) 2:13, Cleaning on rock
A(2b) 2:13, Pit no.1; do., pit no.2; 2:Unit in wall, pit no.1; do. do., 1st 10 cm.; do. do. from screening; do., pit no. 2; 2:E1, outside, S. pit (no.1), to change of earth; do. do. to bottom; do. do., further cleaning.
A(3) 2:13, 11.28/11.53 to interm. level; do., interm. level below 11.28/11.53 to 11.43/11.77; do., 11.28/11.53 to 11.43/11.77; do. do., from screening, some intrusive from under old Tr. 3; 2:21 S-W, to 11.40; do, 11.40-; 2:21 S-E, 11.43 to .
A(4) Tr.2, Unit in circuit wall, to 11.79/11.86 V, 153 A(5) 2:8, pit no.1 V, 73 (well), top to 2.55; do. do., 2.55 to bottom; 2:10, pit, 0.60 to bottom; 2:12 V,17 pit no.4(bothros), top to 0.60; do. do., below 0.60; 2:12, V,154 pit no.5, top to floor of pit; do.do., below floor of pit; 2:20, pit no.1; do., pit no.2; 2:26, pit no.3; do., pit no.5. V, 35
A(6) 2:24, I, 123 "Prehistoric Fill", 1st 30 cm.; do. do., from 0.30 below top to flush with 10.40/10.59 in 2:25A; Tr.2, I,144 Sect. W. of 25A, "Preh. Fill" to flush with 10.40/10.59; do. do., Preh. Fill below 10.40/10.59 level; 2:25A, South, 10.45/10.56 to 10.45/10.58; do. do., 10.45/10.58 to 10.72/10.90; do., JFD I, 46
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain