COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 787, P14
Ware:
Red Polished Black Top
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim, body and base fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Round base. Thin incised decoration with traces of white infill. From below rim, two crossing horizontal wavy lines, forming a loose row of plain lozenges; two horizontal lines; horizontal five-line zig-zag; horizontal line; a four- or more line concentric circle motif and a short horizontal curving line. Irregularly black below rim on exterior. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body, base -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Wall - base: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/3 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
