COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 294, P8
Ware:
White Painted III
Shape:
jug
Notes:
Rim and neck fragment from a medium-sized jug. Tapering neck, high cutaway mouth. Flattened rim with low projection on each side at mid-point of mouth. Exterior surface shades from creamy-brown to pink. Decorated in medium lustrous red-brown paint. Solid paint on rim and much of interior of mouth. On exterior, horizontal wavy line at mid-spout and mid-neck with parallel straight lines above and in between, as preserved. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: cut-away -- Rim end: flattened -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim projection: single plain -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/4, 5YR6/6 -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/4 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Decoration technique: painted
