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Object Number
39-98-60/6077
Display Title
Potsherd - earliest painted fabrics
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic body sherd, buff ware with red painted linear design
Classification
- Sherd
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Proto-Chalcolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Turkey
/
Cilicia
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Yumuk Tepe
Asia / Turkey / Cilicia / <County> / <City> / Souk Su Huyuk
Asia / Turkey / Cilicia / <County> / <City> / Mersin Huyuk
Asia / Turkey / Cilicia / <County> / <City> / Souk Su Huyuk
Asia / Turkey / Cilicia / <County> / <City> / Mersin Huyuk
Intrasite
D 13.50-9.25 m. above level of river at base of mound
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 5 x 8 cm (2 3/8 x 1 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-98-60/6077; Mersin/ Proto-Chal.
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