Jordan/Aqaba Highlands

Iron Age IIC/Persian

Surface

Cooking pot

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Fine textured ferrugenous clay, heavily tempered; inclusions: magnetite, calcium carbonate, lime, and minor slate; color: light brown exterior (5 YR 6/3) and light orange section (2.5 YR 6/6)

H: 19 cm, TH: 1-2 cm, D: 28 cm, Max. P.D.: 29 cm

Cooking/Food production

Surface exterior wiped in many directions with tool or rag

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Incompletely oxidized, incompletely fired