COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 781, P44
Ware:
Late Helladic IIIA/IIIB
Shape:
piriform jar
Notes:
Rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment from a piriform jar. Piriform body, broad neck widening to everted flattened downsloping rim. Three small horizontal loop handles on shoulder. Decorated in slightly lustrous orange-red paint. Solid paint on interior of neck. Narrow band on edge and centre of rim. On exterior, solid paint on neck; four narrow horizontal bands at neck-base; on shoulder, between handles, multiple narrow parallel vertical lines; on body, as preserved, two narrow horizontal bands between broad bands. Solid paint on handles. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body -- Joins: 3 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thickening -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: small horiz loop -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: shoulder -- Neck type: widening -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 100 -- Diameter - body: 140 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 3 -- Handle section 1: 6.5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: ? -- Paint lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR7/4 -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR4/8, 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: high
