Cemetery:
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Kafkalla tis Malis
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 55, P63
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Ware:
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White Painted III
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Shape:
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amphora
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Notes:
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Neck, body and handle fragment from a medium-sized amphora. Medium-wide neck. Small pierced horned lug handle at neck-body join, probably one of two. Decorated in slightly lustrous red-brown paint. Well executed but not well preserved. Horizontal rows of crosshatched triangles on neck and body. Not drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: neck, body, handle -- Joins: 1 -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: lower neck -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Paint lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR7/4 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted
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