Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Early Date (BCE)	-650
Late Date (BCE)	-550
Object Name	Jar
Catalog Date	2019-01-24
Condition Report Date	2019-01-24
Condition	Good
Condition Notes	Object is fragmentary but stable. Object sampled for petrography by David Ben-Shlomo (Ariel University) in May 2018. This involved destructive sampling by drilling a small hole into the object. Note by: Melissa Cradic, 1/24/2019.
General Description	Fragment of the rim of a wheelmade jar. Red fabric with many small white inclusions. Decorated with incised, stamped circles on exterior (ca. 20 circles), some of which are not fully impressed. Possibly Persian period, due to decorative style?
Object Date (Chronological)	Iron IIC-Babylonian Persian
Excavation Date	1927-05-14
Primary Location	Holbrook Hall, Pacific School of Religion
Drawer	104B
Unit	AK22
Old Number	192
Excavation Number	x24
Provenance	The object is number x24 according to the Museum Book and millimeter card; this number is not annotated on the physical object. It was found in Cister 119 in Unit AK22, which differs from the numbers written on the object in pencil, which do not appear to correspond to any final units or features. The object is dated on the basis of comparative material.
Category Type	Ceramic
Subcatagory	Ceramic -- Vessel
General Notes	Object sampled for petrography by David Ben-Shlomo (Ariel University) in May 2018. This involved destructive sampling by drilling a small hole into the object. Note by: Melissa Cradic, 1/24/2019.
Material	Ceramic
Weight (g)	132.9
Depth (cm)	1.4
Diameter (cm)	0.0
Height (cm)	6.6
Length (cm)	0.0
Width (cm)	9.0
Dimension Notes	Measurements taken at the widest points.
Decoration	Stamp
Decoration Notes	Decorated with incised stamps in circular motifs
Completeness	Fragment
Manufacture	Wheel made
Ceramic Fabric	Red fabric with many small white inclusions.
Updated	2019-01-29