Hand-modelled vessel with biconical profile. Everted rim, with rounded lip. Plano-convex base. Decoration consists of a row of four circular protrusions of sub-elliptical profile with rounded bosses (“mammiform” projections).
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Biconical Vessel
Origin
Corvilho Necropolis, Santo Tirso, Santo Tirso
Material
Ceramic. Coarse compact fabric, with abundant non-plastic inclusions consisting of medium-grained quartz and fine mica. Brown surface, simply smoothed and heavily worn. Traces of exposure to fire (P51). Partially restored.
Description
Classification and chronology
Type… / Late Bronze Age / Corvilho
Dimensions
Maximum height: 82 mm; Maximum rim diameter: 93 mm; Maximum base diameter: 65 mm; Average wall thickness: 5 mm.
Deposit
MMAP [COR 1040].
Bibli.
SANTARÉM 1956a, 401-402; SANCHES 1981, 95; 1982, 56-61; MOREIRA 2007, 53-54, MMAP 38; 2013, 49-50; 2014, 84.
