COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P302
Ware:
Coarse Monochrome
Shape:
small closed
Notes:
Body and handle fragment from a medium-sized closed vessel. Globular body, thin-walled. Horizontal, probably wishbone handle, slightly uptilted on body or shoulder (tip missing). Both ends of handle pushed through wall. Handle made from two cylinders of clay attached at the tip. Thin incised decoration. Parallel angled lines on underside of handle. On body framed vertical band of oppositely angled lines between two framed dashed bands. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Handle type: horizontal -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: body -- Wall - body: 3 -- Handle section 1: 14 -- Handle section 2: 14 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR4/4, 7.5YR5/4 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR4/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor
