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found on glazed wares, three characteristic stacking marks appear on the interior.
Base 60v is a vessel of coarse sand-tempered red ware with a cream slip. A similar
base has been described by D. Potts (personal communication) from excavations
near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, but with a green glaze. During Caspers states that
this base is Parthian (During Caspers 1972b, fig. 7a).
To summarize, the lower levels at site 518 are broadly definable to the
Achaemenid-Seleucid-Parthian period on Bahrain. The total range involved
probably incorporates portions of the Achaemenid as well as Gerrhan episodes in
the gulf.

Tlie Late Parthian-Sasanian Occupation (Levels J-Kg)

For all intents and purposes, the Achaemenid-Seleucid-Parthian ceramic
assemblage represents a continuum with the Sasanian assemblage. Figure 54 shows
gray, crackled glazes and bowls with downtumed rims (figs. 59 h-k) to be
contemporary with Sasanian forms. Burnished red wares continue, as do dark gray-
ridged wares. The exceptional forms are cooking wares and everted rim bowls.

Figure 61: Late Parthian-Sasanian Pottery

a. 518.BL, Profile, Level J; buff ware.
b. 518.BL, Profile, Level J; sand-tempered red ware with light gray core.
c. 518.BM, Profile, Level K.; buff ware.
d. 518.L, Pit 1, Level 3c; sand-tempered, red ware.
e. 518.BN, Profile, Level K«; sand-tempered, gray ware.
f. 518.BL, Profile, Level J; dark gray surface on sand-tempered red ware
with white grits.
g. 518.BN, Profile, Level K„; buff slip on light brown ware.
h. 518.BL, Profile, Level J; white-glazed interior and rim on buff ware.
i. 518.BO, Profile, Level K«; white-glazed interior and rim on buff ware.
j- 518.L, Pit 1, Level 3c; sand-tempered light brown ware.
k. 518.BM, Profile, Level K.; buff slip on light brown ware.