COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 772, P23
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
juglet
Notes:
Rim, neck and handle fragment from a juglet. Round horizontal mouth with wide everted mouth rim. Narrow neck with upward taper. Vertical handle, from the rim (mostly missing). Thin incised decoration. On mouth rim three groups of four-line concentric semi-circles, with three groups of two parallel horizontal wavy lines in between. On upper neck, seven parallel horizontal lines. On mid-neck four-line horizontal zig-zag. At lower edge of sherd, on lower neck, two or more parallel horizontal lines. Neck decoration not present below handle. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 45 -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR3/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, grey -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
