COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 34, P77
Ware:
Monochrome
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim, handle and body fragment of a small bowl. Incurved rim narrowing to a point, with a slight indent below rim on exterior and a flattish downsloping area below rim on interior. Horizontal wishbone handle below rim. Incised decoration on handle only. Intersecting crossing lines on terminal. Two parallel angled lines on each arm. Poorly made with uneven surface. Dull dark grey to black slip. Fine orange-brown fabric. Drawn. Identified by Maria Iacovou as Monochrome.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: pointed -- Handle type: wishbone -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: below rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 100 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 3 -- Handle section 1: 8 -- Handle section 2: 10 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor
