COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 787, P32
Ware:
Red Polished Black Top
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Deep body, probably rounded base. Incurved rounded rim. Wall thickness from 6 to 10mm. Thin, fine incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal wavy line; three horizontal lines; horizontal row of hatched lozenges, double-framed on two sides; two horizontal lines. On body, as preserved, two five-line concentric circle motifs (not broadly drawn), one to either side of two vertical framed crosshatched bands. To left of fragment, a double-framed hatched vertical band. Below each circle motif two short vertical wavy lines. Seven horizontal lines around edge of base. 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 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 10 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/8 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/3 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
