COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 763, P42
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
jug
Notes:
Neck and small rim area from a medium-sized jug. Narrow, upward-tapering thick-walled neck. Round horizontal mouth with narrow everted mouth rim, flattened on top. Vertical handle from rim (missing). Incised decoration with some white infill. On mouth rim four sets of multiple parallel lines (variously 7, 9 and 10). On upper neck 10 parallel horzontal lines; on lower neck 13 parallel horizontal lines, not continuous below handle. Some white in-fill. Insertion point of incising tool visible. Rim diameter approximately 55mm. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: neck, rim -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Wall below rim: 11 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white, brown -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
