COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla tis Malis
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 56, P51
Ware:
White Painted IV
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim, body and base fragment of a small bowl. Deep conical body. Flaring rounded rim. Flat base, concave underneath. Thin to medium matt slip on interior and exterior. Decorated in matt dark brown to black paint. On interior, horizontal wavy line above straight line below rim; on body, as preserved, two sets of two parallel vertical lines to a horizontal wavy line at edge of base. In between, at mid-body, a short horizontal wavy line; small plain circle at centre of base. Exterior divided vertically by double-framed vertical wavy line from rim to edge of base; and horizontally by three horizontal lines at mid-body, with multiple broad vertical lines above and below; horizontal band on edge of base; dot within a circle at centre of base. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, body, base -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: flat -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 100 -- Height - full: 58 -- Diameter - base: 28 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Wall - base: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/4 -- Colour interior: 10YR7/4 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: high
