Cemetery:
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Kafkalla
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 781, P13
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Ware:
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White Painted IV
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Shape:
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large closed
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Notes:
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Neck fragment from a large closed vessel. Decorated in matt dark brown to black paint, faded and flaking. On side of neck, as preserved, vertical panel bordered by two vertical lines and filled with alternating two-line solid chequerboards and horizontal rows of framed crosshatched lozenges. Not drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: neck -- Joins: 1 -- Neck type: upward taper -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR8/2, 10YR8/3 -- Colour - paint: 10YR3/1 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR8/4 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: poor
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