COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P68
Ware:
White Painted IV
Shape:
flask
Notes:
Neck/body fragment from a small flask. Rim and base missing. Lentoid body, narrow cylindrical neck, small pierced lug at neck base. Decorated in worn matt black/brown paint. Parallel horizontal bands on neck. Solid paint on surface of lug. On sides of body two vertical lines between double vertical zig-zag lines. At front and rear of body vertical band of crosshatched lozenges. Not drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Wall - body: 3 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/3 -- Colour - paint: 10YR3/1 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR8/4 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium
