COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 782, P50
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
juglet
Notes:
Joining and non-joining fragments of a small juglet. Almost complete. Ovoid/cylindrical body, flat base. Upward-tapering neck. Cutaway mouth. Small vertical handle from the lower neck (largely missing). Very fine complex incised decoration. Below rim four horizontal lines. On neck, four or more horizontal framed vertically hatched bands, not continuous above and below handle. Above handle to rim, vertical row of short horizontal lines. On body, two horizontal arrangements of multiple concentric semicircles above and below three horizontal lines, giving a continuous wavy line effect. In the interstices, groups of five horizontal zig-zag lines arranged vertically and vertical rows of short horizontal lines. Horizontal row of parallel angled dashes above base. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body+base -- Joins: 5 -- Mouth type: cut-away -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: flat -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: lower neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Height - maximum diameter: 30 -- Diameter - body: 45 -- Diameter - base: 40 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Wall - base: 3 -- Handle section 1: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/8 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high
