COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla tis Malis
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 56, P49
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
amphora
Notes:
Lower neck, handle and upper body fragment from a small closed vessel, probably an amphora. Wide neck, probably tapering upward. Vertical pierced lug handle at neck-base. Fine incised decoration with white in-fill. On lower neck, two-line horizontal zig-zag with two or more horizontal lines above and five below at neck-base. On shoulder, as preserved, two-line concentric circle motif with an angled framed hatched band above and a vertical framed hatched band to one side (below lug). Slipped to neck-base on interior. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: neck, handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: lower neck -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/4-6/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised