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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- Mi 542
- Comparanda
- sim. SardisM9, p. 82, fig. 411 (Shop E13)
- Description
- Cuboid die. Incised circles marking counts 1-6 in conventional format across six sides.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Orangish red, fired slightly darker at surface; hard, coarse; granular fabric and rough surface; common, small, poorly sorted, red inclusions; rare, tiny black bits; rare, medium, subrounded lime chunks; medium, irregular voids at surface. No surface finishing. Handmade, irregular form.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion with pitting and gouging; specks of encrustation.
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
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“KE 1991 (Terracotta Die).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1991>
