COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P253
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, four parallel horizontal lines. On body, as preserved, five parallel angled lines, possibly part of a multiple horizontal zig-zag, and a vertical row of short angled dashes. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/3 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: red, grey -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
