Corvilho Necropolis, Corvilho, Santo Tirso
Ceramic. Compact fabric, with abundant non-plastic inclusions of fine mica and quartz. Outer surface finished by simple smoothing. Traces of exposure to fire (N70). Partially restored.
Hand-modelled vessel with sub-elliptical profile and pronounced inflection at the shoulder. Plano-convex base. Rim formed by a short, outward-sloping flange with rounded lip. Vertical lateral handle of rectangular section, attached at mid-wall. The decoration consists of five small rounded bosses (“mammiform” projections) of sub-elliptical profile, placed on the upper part of the body.
Type … / Late Bronze Age / Corvilho
Maximum height: 82 mm; Maximum rim diameter: 100 mm; Maximum body diameter: 95 mm; Maximum base diameter: 55 mm; Average wall thickness: 7 mm; Maximum handle height: 41 mm; Average handle width: 20 mm; Average handle thickness: 4 mm.
MMAP [COR. 1086].
SANTARÉM 1956b, 401-402; SANCHES 1981, 95; 1982, 56-61; MOREIRA 2007, 54; 2013, 49-50; 2014, 83.
