COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 782, P21
Ware:
Brown Polished
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, two linked horizontal rows of hatched lozenges (or two-row hatched chequerboard) with three horizontal lines above and three below. On body, two- or more row hatched angled chequerboards, framed and unframed, and hatched framed 'Maltese cross' with central dash. 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: 180 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR3/2, N2.5/ -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, grey -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high
