Salt-Glazed Stoneware Base Sherd

One gray bodied salt glazed stoneware base sherd from a hollowware vessel such as a jar or jug. The interior surface is unglazed. There is some discoloration on the exterior surface and paste, which may be from burning. An impressed band is just visible along the base of the vessel.

• Object number

  217.60

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  Jar

  Jug

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Food Preparation/Storage

• Material

  Stoneware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut G Cistern: Brown Sandy Silt Below Feature Wall and Below Slabs (Stratum 19) (624.217)

• Forms

  Base

• Ware types

  Salt-Glazed

• Techniques

  Wheel turned

  Burned