COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P259
Ware:
Red Polished Black Top
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim, handle and body fragment from a small bowl. Very slightly incurved, almost pointed rim. Small wide lug (22 by 14mm) with very narrow perforation set below rim. Not decorated. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: below rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6, 2.5N/ -- Colour interior: 2.5N/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin
