COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla tis Malis
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 56, P29
Ware:
Red Slip
Shape:
large closed
Notes:
Rim and neck fragment from a large closed vessel. Medium-wide slightly convex-sided neck tapering to round horizontal mouth with flaring flattened rim. Slip shades from red-brown to dark grey. Probably matt. Thin incised decoration. On neck multiple sets of three horizontal lines, probably executed with a three-pronged tool. On rim, a row of triangular punctures. Slip extends below rim on interior for 10mm. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: ? -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/4 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4-6/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised
