COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 763, P41
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
large closed
Notes:
Rim and neck fragment from a large closed vessel. Medium-wide neck, probably tapering slightly to everted rim flattened on top. Relief and incised decoration. On neck, as preserved, six horizontal bands in relief, the lower three decorated with very shallow incised horizontal zig-zags. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 2 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Wall below rim: 12 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/4 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: medium, large -- Inclusions - colour: red, grey -- Hardness: very soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: rel+inc -- Decoration quality: poor
