COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 787, P102
Ware:
White Slip II
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Non-joining rim, handle and body fragments from a medium-sized bowl. Deep hemispherical body. Incurved rounded rim. Horizontal wishbone handle below rim. Decorated in matt dark brown paint. Row of dashes on rim. Below rim, broad horizontal framed crosshatched band, not continuous above handle; below, narrow horizontal row of linked plain lozenges, above another broad framed horizontal crosshatched band. On body, below handle, narrow vertical framed ladder band between broader vertical framed crosshatched bands, with a single horizontal line at lower end. To one side, as preserved, a narrow vertical framed ladder band. Band around each handle/body join. Band on underside of handle. On surface of handle, four groups of four parallel angled lines. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: wishbone -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 220 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Handle section 1: 12 -- Handle section 2: 8 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5Y8/1 -- Colour interior: 5Y8/1 -- Colour - paint: 5YR4/4, 2.5YR3/1 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: bl+wh+gray -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium
