Stoneware Jug Body Sherd

One mended, gray bodied stoneware body sherd from a hollowware vessel such as a jug. The body is very crude and contains dark gray inclusions. There is a dark brown slip (varied in color) on the exterior surface. Possibly burnt. The interior surface is unglazed and reddish brown in color, likely from underfiring.

• Object number

  217.10, 217.31, 217.50, 217.59, 217.301

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

  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

  Body

• Techniques

  Wheel turned

  Burned