COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 787, P58
Ware:
Red Polished IV
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim, handle and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Pierced lug handle below rim. Incised decoration, probably partly executed with a four-pronged (two sets of two) tool. Below rim, single horizontal zig-zag line. To left side of lug, two vertical zig-zag lines (more broadly incised), to right side of lug three vertical zig-zag lines (the latter possibly executed with a three-pronged tool). On remainder of sherd, one group of horizontal and two groups of vertical lines, each executed with a four-pronged tool comprised of two groups of two prongs set close together. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: below rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 180 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6, 2.5YR3/1 -- Colour interior: 10YR3/1 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
