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Description: | Pottery rim sherd, un-decorated, from a simple open Iron Age jar with an upright neck. The sherd tapers towards the body from the rim, suggesting that the vessel was hand-made and built up of coils, where the thickness would vary from base to rim.The fabric looks like it is probably made from gabbroic clay, as there are medium to fine crushed light felspar inclusions and dark augite inclusions. The colour of the clay has been oxidised throughout from the exterior to interior to a light orange colour.This pot sherd may be associated with another (CORN-5A7104) that was found nearby that can be dated, due to its decoration, known locally as Southwest Decorated Ware, from the 3rd-1st century BC. Christie (1978) illustrates similar gabbroic sherds from jars with upright necks from Carn Euny on page 407, Fig.53, Nos.1-3, which are also mid-brown thoughout with medium to fine crushed inclusions, were found with other stamped wares, and are dated to Phase I (c.5th-4th century BC).
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