COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P31
Ware:
Black Polished
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Flat narrow everted rim, not well preserved. Very well executed incised decoration. On rim two paralllel thinly incised wavy lines and a group of deeply cut parallel vertical lines. On body two horizontal bands of interleaved hatched triangles. The plain band between gives the appearance of being raised but the surface of the sherd is even. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: ? -- Rim end: ? -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N/2.5 -- Colour interior: N/2.5 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5Y5/2 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high
