COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 782, P17
Ware:
Red Polished Black Top
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Thin incised decoration. Below rim, four-line horizontal zig-zag with four horizontal lines above and below (unevenly drawn). Below, on mid-body, horizontal row of two (or more) linked hatched lozenges. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 160 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 2.5YR5/8 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: grey -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
