COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla tis Malis
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 55, P48
Ware:
White Painted V
Shape:
tankard
Notes:
Small rim, upper neck and handle fragment from a large closed vessel, probably a tankard. Broad neck, round horizontal mouth. Prominent projection (thumb-grip) at rim. On surface of projection, as preserved, two roughly impressed indents and a deep vertical groove. Decorated in matt black paint. Not drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: rectangle -- Handle location: from rim -- Handle projection present -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/3 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted
