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| TRENCH XVI | SHERDS |
Geometric: 58 sherds, of which 11 may be late (Ptol.) 7 rim pieces, unmistakeably geometric, of from large pieces of the middle period 10 handle frags. do. 1 handle red, late geom. 1 red on buff ptolemaic S4 1 palmette fraduce on light brown, probably ptol.
Black glaze 66 sherds
Pure Black - 66 sherds, of which many, if not all, are classical. 23 are of the very finest quality. S1 moulded - best period - S2 stamped, palmettes - best period S3 west-slope ware - ivy & rosettes in white rim of large pot (krater)
Poor Black + Brown glaze 98 sherds
40 base pieces 2 low (Pergamenish) bases on lusterless dull grey-brown clay. 34 of roll foot type, of which 8 are local imitations of sandy clay, often greenish, & varnish dull + badly worn. 8 handles - 3 of flat-topped hell'stic cup type. 31 rim pieces: 11 of rounded cup type. 16 of flared hellenistic type. 4 rolled
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain