Cemetery:
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Kafkalla
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 34, P51
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Ware:
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Red on Black
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Shape:
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large closed
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Notes:
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Rim and neck fragment from a medium-sized closed vessel. Flaring rounded, almost flattened rim. Distinctive very fine pinkish fabric. Decorated with matt red-brown paint, applied with a multiple brush. On exterior of neck, multiple short parallel horizontal lines, arranged in vertical rows from the rim. At neck base parallel horizontal lines. Probably solid paint on rim. Drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Neck type: widening -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 80 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR4/1 -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR6/6 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium
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