COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 294, P12
Ware:
Red Polished IV
Shape:
juglet
Notes:
Rim, neck and handle fragment from a small to medium-sized jug. Slightly backward-sloping neck tapering to cutaway mouth. Three large pierced lugs at mid-neck, at front and each side of vessel. Low vertical handle, oval in section, from below rim, inserted through vessel at lower end (tenon intact). Rough vertical zig-zag on surface of handle. Tip of spout missing. Slip almost entirely missing but probably matt and dark red to brown in colour. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle -- Joins: 2 -- Mouth type: cut-away -- Mouth angle: backward slope -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: below rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 3 -- Handle section 1: 13 -- Handle section 2: 8 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: ? -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: ? -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, red -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised
