COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla tis Malis
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 55, P62
Ware:
White Painted IV
Shape:
amphora?
Notes:
Rim and neck fragment from a large closed vessel, probably an amphora. Decorated in medium lustrous dark brown paint. On interior, horizontal wavy line below rim. On rim, crosshatched triangles, double-framed to the left. On exterior neck, as preserved, three horizontal rows of crosshatched lozenges, framed above and below by three horizontal lines and a horizontal wavy line. Interior of neck slipped with slight lustre. Vertical paring marks on exterior of neck. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 100 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Paint lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/4 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4-6/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted
