COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 763, P44
Ware:
Iron Age White Painted
Shape:
amphora
Notes:
Upper body and handle fragment from a medium-sized amphora or hydria. WP IV or V. Horizontal loop handle on mid- or upper body. Decoration in matt black paint. Narrow horizontal lines above broad band below neck-base. Broad band below handle. Vertical band to one side of handle, beside set of three concentric compass-drawn circles. Paint on surface of handle. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body, handle -- Joins: 3 -- Handle type: horizontal -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: body -- Wall - body: 8 -- Handle section 1: 20 -- Handle section 2: 16 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/4, 10YR7/3 -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4-7/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, brown -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium
