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Ceramics from the Musi River 5

K1340.
Ewer, fine white clay, foot ring short with everted and
recessed base, shoulder decorated with six pointed mantle
of very small impressed curly lines, points of mantle slightly
elevated from body surface, lower body with incised lotus
leaf panels, lower base, spout tip and upper neck missing.
H: 24.3. Southern Thailand, Songkhla Lake/Satingpra
site complex. C11–C13. Found at Palembang, Musi River,
Sungai Sekanak (25 m deep).

K1338, K2084, K1377, K2273.
Kendis, foot ring small with flat base, basal neck collar,
upper rim repaired and base missing in K1338. H: 22.5
(19–24). Southern Thailand, Satingpra kiln complex.
C10–C12. Cf Stargardt (2012, page 23). Found at
Palembang, Musi River, Boom Baru (1), Sungai Rebo
(1), Sungai Guci (1).

K1369.
Kendi, pedestal foot with deeply recessed base, brown glaze
or slip much degraded, foot and upper rim repaired. H:
17.5. Possibly Thailand C10–C14. Found at Palembang,
Musi River, Boom Baru.

K1339.
Ewer, foot missing, upper body divided by incised lines
into panels filled with degraded reddish ‘slip’ over a
greyish background slip, shoulder decorated with six
pointed mantle of very small impressed curly lines, points
of mantle slightly elevated from body surface, possibly
also vestiges of degraded pale olive green slip, base of
spout encircled by lace collar H: 23.5. Southern Thailand,
Songkhla Lake/Satingpra site complex. C11–C13. Found
at Palembang, Musi River, Boom Baru.

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