COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P288
Ware:
Red Polished IV
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim, handle and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Horizontal wishbone handle from rim (tip missing). Roughly executed shallow incised decoration, with jagged margins. On each arm of handle two parallel angled lines. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: wishbone -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 10 -- Handle section 2: 10 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR6/4 -- Colour interior: 5YR6/4 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white, grey -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor
