Amphora. Steeply conical lower body. Concave toe, slightly domed; very small button on underside.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 2.5YR 5/6, red; consistently fired. Medium coarse to coarse, hard; granular break with sandy or “pimply” surface texture. Abundant, well sorted, sandy inclusions, predominantly spherical to subrounded, some large but mostly small to tiny: varied dark red or brown, white (lime and limestone?), offwhite (quartzitic?). Southern Phoenician.
Preservation comment
Eight sherds total, three largest joining, preserve 70% of base and lower wall. Slight, extensive abrasion; mostly clean breaks; thin patches of pale brown, gritty encrustation on interior and exterior surface.
