White Filled Incised and Impressed Gray Ware Pottery Sherd

Late Bronze Age
2000 BCE - 1200 BCE

2 13/16 x 2 3/4 x 1/4 in. (7.2 x 7 x 0.7 cm)

This object has the following keywords:

• Anatolian - Refers to the culture and styles that developed in antiquity in the geographical area of modern Turkey.
• impressing - Producing indented marks or decorations on a surface by pressing with a shaped tool; used especially with reference to decorations created by pressing a shaped metal or wooden stamp or a coggle wheel into soft clay before firing.
• incising - The process and technique of producing, forming, or tracing a pattern, text, or other usually linear motif by cutting, carving, or engraving.
• Late Bronze Age - Refers to the final stage of Bronze Age cultures, distinguished from the Early and Middle Bronze Age cultures by differences in metal assemblages and burial rites. It is characterized in part by very sophisticated and elaborate metalworking techniques and tool and weapon designs. It is characterized by the development of mass-produced objects, hollow objects, armor, and large objects, such as caldrons and shields.
• sherds - Limited to fragments of pottery or glass.

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