COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 764, P42
Ware:
Black Polished
Shape:
spindle whorl
Notes:
Slightly less than half of a globular/biconical whorl. Slip present in perforation. One narrow flat terminal. No wear on either terminal. On flat terminal, set of three parallel angled lines. On body, horizontal line around mid-point and toward each terminal. On upper and lower halves of body a horizontal hatched framed zigzag. White in-fill present. Ht 33mm. PresD 34mm. Diameter of perforation 10, possibly narrowing to flat terminal (where perforation is less fully preserved). PresWt 13.8g.
Description:
Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Joins: 1 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/3? -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
