COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 34, P78
Ware:
Black Slip II
Shape:
large closed
Notes:
Upper body and shoulder fragment from a large closed vessel. Flaking matt black slip. Relief or/and impressed decoration. Two thin narrow roughly parallel relief lines on shoulder, apparently formed by dragging a wide tool across the surface to form a depressed area bordered by displaced (ie relief) lines of clay. Below, two horizontal rows of oval seed-like impressions, also with low narrow margins of displaced clay. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body -- Joins: 1 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N3/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/3 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: impressed -- Decoration quality: medium
