Hand-modelled vessel with slightly sinuous biconical profile. Vertical rim, with flat upper surface and pointed lip projecting outwards. Vertical walls of uneven thickness. Thick flat base, slightly convex. The wall preserves the attachment scars of a vertical handle.
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Biconical Vessel
Origin
Corvilho Necropolis, Santo Tirso, Santo Tirso
Material
Ceramic. Compact fabric, with abundant non-plastic inclusions consisting mainly of medium-grained quartz and, to a lesser extent, mica. Brown surface, heavily worn, preserving only limited areas of original smoothing. Traces of exposure to fire (N70). Partially restored.
Description
Classification and chronology
Type … / Late Bronze Age / Corvilho
Dimensions
Maximum height: 95 mm; Maximum rim diameter: 102 mm; Rim thickness: 11 mm; Maximum base diameter: 71 mm; Average wall thickness: 10 mm; Maximum (probable) handle height: 40 mm.
Deposit
MMAP [COR 1091].
Bibli.
SANTARÉM 1956a, 401-402; SANCHES 1981, 95; 1982, 56-61; MOREIRA 2007, 53-54, MMAP 38; 2013, 49-50; 2014, 84.
