COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P37
Ware:
Black Polished
Shape:
flask
Notes:
Rim, neck and body fragment from a miniature closed vessel. Rounded body. Broad neck widening to rectangular(?) mouth with small projections on the rim. Incised decoration. On neck, as preserved, short framed vertical row of parallel angled dashes and vertical line framed by dots. On body single deep zig-zag line framed by dots, with small two-line concentric circle motif in the interstices. Two short parallel angled lines on rim projections. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, body -- Joins: 3 -- Mouth type: ? -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: straight -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Neck type: widening -- Rim projection: single plain -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 20 -- Wall below rim: 2 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N/2.5 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5Y5/1 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium