COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 782, P56
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
small closed
Notes:
Joining and non-joining body, handle and base fragments from a small closed vessel. Thick-walled ovoid/globular body, flat base. Small vertical loop handle on shoulder. Tubular spout(?) partially preserved on non-joining body fragment. Complex incised decoration with white infill, neatly executed. Three horizontal lines below neck-base and at mid-body (broadly incised), dividing body into two registers. In upper and lower registers, alternating arrangement of three-line concentric circle motifs (broadly incised), hatched three-line chequerboards and pairs of framed hatched vertical bands. Angled hatched framed bands and pairs of framed hatched lozenges used as fillers around circle motifs. On handle, vertical row of plain lozenges. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: handle, body, base -- Joins: 6 -- Base type: flat -- Handle type: small vert loop -- Handle location: shoulder -- Height - maximum diameter: 55 -- Diameter - body: 110 -- Diameter - base: 50 -- Wall - body: 9 -- Wall - base: 9 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR3/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/4 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium, large -- Inclusions - colour: grey, red, brown -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high
