Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

Hellenistic

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Bowl

Incurved rim

10YR 8/3 - 2.5Y 7/4

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Dining/Drinking/Serving

Smooth but slightly streaky black slip on interior and most of exterior, semi lustrous in patches, powdery in others from overfiring. Foot and underside unslipped except for irregular dribbles, 2-3 dipping fingerprints on exterior wall around foot.

Wheel made

Overfired to a hard but brittle texture fired brown yellow to greenish yellow