COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 782, P64
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
dipper amphora
Notes:
Dipper amphora or jug. Almost complete. Ovoid body. Broad cylindrical neck. Round horizontal mouth with everted rim, downsloping toward interior. High vertical handle, circular in section, from the rim, not inserted through wall at lower end (upper part missing). Pierced lug at neck-base opposite handle. Slip on interior of rim and neck (5YR5/6). Incised decoration. On rim a single horizontal zig-zag. On neck, a single horizontal zig-zag with four horizontal lines above and six below. On body, four horizontal lines above mid-body. Above and below, two-line concentric circle motifs (broadly incised) arranged horizontally and linked by double horizontal framed ladder bands. On lower body, above base, horizontal single zig-zag below a horizontal line to break. Vertical row of plain lozenges on handle. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, body -- Joins: 2 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: cylindrical -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 84 -- Diameter - body: 115 -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Wall - body: 8 -- Handle section 1: 11 -- Handle section 2: 11 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/8 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, red -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
