COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P82
Ware:
White Painted IV
Shape:
small closed
Notes:
Base and body fragment from a small thin-walled closed vessel, probably a flask. Lentoid body, flat base. Decorated in slightly lustrous black/brown paint. Broad encircling line around edge of underside of base. On preserved side of body a central framed vertical row of crosshatched lozenges, with a vertical two-line zig-zag to either side. On front and rear of body, a broad vertical line. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: base, body -- Joins: 3 -- Base type: flat -- Height - maximum diameter: 43 -- Diameter - base: 33 -- Wall - body: 2 -- Wall - base: 3 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR8/3 -- Colour - paint: 7.5YR4/1 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR8/2 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium
