COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 781, P46
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
small closed
Notes:
Body and base fragment from a small closed vessel. Rounded body and base. Variously thin and broad very poorly executed incised decoration. On body vertical framed and unframed crosshatched bands, very thinly and irregularly incised. On edge of base, as preserved, three more broadly and deeply incised irregularly horizontal lines. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body, base -- Joins: 2 -- Base type: round -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor
