COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 787, P85
Ware:
White Painted III
Shape:
jug
Notes:
Rim, neck and handle fragment from a jug. Narrow concave-sided neck. Slightly pinched horizontal mouth with flaring rounded rim. High vertical handle from the rim, oval in section, with thumbgrip. Deep vertical cut in rim to either side of handle join. Painted decoration. Multiple horizontal lines on each side of neck, with vertical wavy line below handle and on front of neck. Solid paint on sides of handle; vertical wavy line on surface of handle. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: pinched -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Handle projection present -- Neck type: concave -- Handle section 1: 15 -- Handle section 2: 9 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/3 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR6/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, grey, red -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: poor
