COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla tis Malis
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 56, P27
Ware:
Black Polished
Shape:
spindle whorl
Notes:
Approximately one third of a disk-shaped whorl. Slip largely missing with patches surviving. Very worn surface. Incised decoration on both faces. On one face, hatched lozenges and framed ladder band radiating from central perforation. On other face, framed hatched lozenge between unframed hatched rectangles and framed ladder bands from central perforation. Fired soft to medium-soft. Maximum preserved diameter 49mm. Estimated full diameter 60mm. Maximum preserved thickness (at centre) 6.8mm. Thickness at edge 1.5mm. Preserved weight 6g. Estimated complete weight 20g. Preserved diameter of perforation 6mm. Drawn.
Description:
Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: grey -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised