COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 787, P40
Ware:
Base-ring I
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Joining and non-joining rim, handle, body and base fragments from a small bowl. Almost complete. Deep thin-walled conical body, with rounded carination below rim. Slightly flaring rim, with downward slope to interior. Horizontal wishbone handle set at the carination. Low splaying ring base, convex underneath. Distinct red band on exterior below rim, shading to black over remainder of vessel. Interior slip very worn. Not decorated. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body, base -- Joins: 7 -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: pointed -- Base type: ring -- Handle type: wishbone -- Handle location: below rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Height to rim: 75 -- Height - maximum diameter: 58 -- Diameter - body: 128 -- Diameter - base: 48 -- Wall below rim: 2 -- Wall - body: 2 -- Handle section 1: 11 -- Handle section 2: 5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 2.5YR5/8 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: very hard -- Core presence: thick
