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Object Number
40-30-60/6866
Display Title
Painted potsherd
Descriptions
Object Description
Painted potsherd (7.88" long)
Inventory Description
Ceramic, rim shed of bowl, flared rim, black on red painted linear and geometric designs on interior, design includes curving lines on rim and rectangles filled with cross-hatching on body, two horizontal parallel black lines on cream on body exterior
Classification
- Rim
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
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India
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Sind
/
<County>
/
<City>
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Chanhu Daro
Intrasite
Summit (161), 15.38'
Additional Geographic Terms
Sind-Chanhu-daro Province
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 16.6 × 19.9 × 1.1 cm (6 9/16 × 7 13/16 × 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-30-60/6866; 2133.
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