Cemetery:
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Kafkalla
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 789, P57
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Ware:
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White Painted III
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Shape:
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jug
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Notes:
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Nine body and base sherds, mended to form five non-joining fragments from a jug. Decoration similar to that on Tomb 789, P53. Body divided by single vertical wavy lines. In preserved panel vertical crosshatched band, widening downward from neck base. Four broad parallel horizontal lines on lower body and base with small solid dot at centre of base. Paint colour varies from 2.5YR4/4 to 5YR5/4 on base. Probably WP III. Not drawn. Sampled by Maria Dikomitou, 2006.
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Description:
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General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body, base -- Joins: 9 -- Base type: round -- Wall - body: 5 -- Wall - base: 6 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/4 -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR4/4 5YR5/4 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/4 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium
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