COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 763, P36
Ware:
Red Polished Black Top
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim, handle, body and base fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Rounded base. Small pierced lug handle at the rim. Fine incised decoration with white infill. From below rim, three horizontal lines; single horizontal zig-zag; three horizontal lines; sets of three-line pendent semi-circles; horizontal row of framed hatched lozenges; three horizontal lines; sets of three-line pendent semi-circles; isolated four-line concentric circle motifs between double vertical framed crosshatched bands and vertical three-row hatched chequer panels. Four or more parallel horizontal lines around edge of base. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body, base -- Joins: 5 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR5/6, 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/3 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: fine
