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Cup

Origin

Castro de Alvarelhos, Alvarelhos, Trofa.

Material

Common ware ceramic. Well-levigated, compact and hard fabric. The predominant non-plastic inclusions are fine quartz, with the presence of white mica and abundant ferruginous nodules. Carefully finished, with smoothed and highly polished surfaces in dark (P51) and reddish-brown (M49) colours.

Description

S-profile vessel. Everted rim with a rounded lip. Base with a discoidal foot, slightly concave, with internal thickening. Decoration consists of a frieze located at the junction of the body, of triangular profile, and a groove on the upper body of U-shaped section.

Classification and chronology

Type … / Castro de Alvarelhos - Phase III

Dimensions

Maximum rim diameter: 84 mm; Maximum base diameter: 51 mm; Maximum height: 97 mm; Maximum rim thickness: 4 mm; Capacity: 342,23 cm3 / 0,34 L.

Deposit

MMAP [ALV. 97 B3, A1, Ig. 8293]

Bibli.

MOREIRA 2007, 88; 2010, 811, est. CLIX, n.º 15.