COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 772, P38
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
amphora
Notes:
Broad vertical handle from a large closed vessel. Formed from two cylinders of clay smoothed together on the upper surface, leaving a deep wide vertical groove. Edges flattened. Incised decoration. Vertical one-line zig-zag on each side of upper surface. Groups of oppositely angled lines on sides. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: rectangle -- Handle section 1: 40.2 -- Handle section 2: 18 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR5/4 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: red+brown+grey -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
