COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 772, P39
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
amphora
Notes:
Rim and handle fragment from a large closed vessel. Very broad vertical double (or cut out) barred handle (lower part missing). Incised decoration. Groups of oppositely angled parallel lines on surface of handle. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: ? -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: ? -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Wall below rim: 7 -- Handle section 1: 64 -- Handle section 2: 18 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR5/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, brown -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
