COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P284
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
large closed
Notes:
Joining and non-joining body fragments from a large closed vessel, probably a jug. Incised decoration with some white infill. Motifs include four-line concentric circle motifs; three parallel horizontal lines; vertical framed hatched bands; two hatched lozenges arranged in a horizontal row and four hatched lozenges arranged in two horizontal rows of two. Not drawn. Sampled by Maria Dikomitou, 2006.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body -- Joins: 8 -- Wall - body: 7 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR4/8, 5YR4/8 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: red, grey -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high
