COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P285
Ware:
Red Polished III
Shape:
large closed
Notes:
Five non-adjoining sherds from a large thick-walled closed vessel. Incised decoration with traces of white infill. Three-line concentric circles, smaller two-line concentric circles and variously angled framed crosshatched bands. Circles broadly incised. Crosshatching takes the form of spaced pairs of of lines. Not drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body -- Joins: 5 -- Wall - body: 12 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/8 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/3 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, red -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
