COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 781, P20
Ware:
Late Helladic IIIA/IIIB
Shape:
piriform jar
Notes:
Lower body fragment from a piriform jar. Decorated in red-brown paint. On lower body two narrow horizontal bands between broader bands. Slip and paint matt but possibly originally slightly lustrous. Possibly from the same vessel as T 781, P39. Not drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body -- Joins: 1 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: ? -- Paint lustre: ? -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/4 -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6-5/6 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: high
