COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 34, P98
Ware:
White Painted IV
Shape:
large closed
Notes:
Mended body fragment from a large closed vessel. Small unpierced lug on body. Decorated in slightly lustrous red-brown to dark brown paint. Two parallel vertical wavy lines. To either side horizontal panels of oppositely angled hatched motifs, bordered above and below by four horizontal lines and to the side by two vertical lines. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body -- Joins: 6 -- Lug type: unpierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Height to rim: 0 -- Wall - body: 3 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR8/4 -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR4/4 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: medium -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium
