Hand-modelled vessel with slightly counter-curved sub-elliptical profile, showing a constriction below the rim. Rim with trapezoidal section and flat upper surface. 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. Coarse, compact fabric, with abundant non-plastic inclusions consisting of medium-grained quartz. Light brown surface, rough and heavily worn. Traces of exposure to fire (M51). Partially restored.
Description
Classification and chronology
Type … / Late Bronze Age / Corvilho
Dimensions
Maximum height: 98 mm; Maximum rim diameter: 102 mm; Maximum rim thickness: 9 mm; Maximum body diameter: 112 mm; Maximum base diameter: 75 mm; Average wall thickness: 7 mm.
Deposit
MMAP, 37 [COR. 1088].
Bibli.
SANTARÉM 1956a, 401-402; SANCHES 1981, 95; 1982, 56-61; MOREIRA 2013, 53-54, MMAP 37; 2013, 49-50; 2014, 84.
