COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P308
Ware:
Red Polished IV
Shape:
jug
Notes:
Rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment from a jug. Ovoid body, narrow neck tapering to a tall cut-away spout. Low vertical handle from just below rim, oval in section, inserted through wall at lower end. Incised decoration. On surface of handle, two roughly incised groups of oppositely angled roughly parallel lines. On neck and spout four groups of three parallel horizontal lines, executed with a three-pronged tool. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body -- Joins: 3 -- Mouth type: cut-away -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: below rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 14 -- Handle section 2: 12 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: medium -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR5/3 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/4 -- Texture: medium -- Hardness: hard -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
