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Object Number 36-33-60/2570
Display Title Potsherd - very fine, with black slip highly polished
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic body sherd, fine thin ware, black slipped and highly polished, incised
Classification
  • Sherd
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chalcolithic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Turkey / Anatolia / <County> / <City> / Alishar Huyuk
Intrasite Habitation Mound
Additional Geographic Terms Turkey, central
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 5.5 x 4.2 x 0.7 cm (2 3/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-33-60/2570

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