COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 772, P17
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
large closed
Notes:
Rim and upper neck fragment from a large closed vessel. Round horizontal mouth. Narrow downsloping everted rim. Fine incised decoration with white infill. Below rim, seven horizontal lines overlain at intervals with three vertical lines above a six-line horizontal zig-zag, also overlain by two or three vertical lines. At base of sherd six or more parallel horizontal lines. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 115 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: relief -- Decoration quality: high
