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Object Number 71-19-40/5011
Display Title Discs of pottery without ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic body sherds, base sherd, disk, edges smoothed, black
Classification
  • Sherd
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Switzerland
Additional Geographic Terms Lake dwellings; Neuchatel
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 8.7 x 8.5 x 1.1 cm (3 7/16 x 3 3/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 5011

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Image Not Available for Discs of pottery; ornamented
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Sherd
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Accessory
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Disc
Mexico
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Sherd
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Ornament
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Disk
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Image Not Available for Pottery discs
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Disk
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2 small pottery discs - red ware
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Raw Material
Disk
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Chitaldrug Taluk
Pottery discs
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Disk
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Disc
Et Tabun
Pottery discs
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Sherd
Raw Material
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