Complete profile of a dish imitating Hayes 61 (African Red Slip Ware). Curved wall with rim projected inwards, marked externally by an angular carination, terminating in a triangular-section lip with rounded edge. Flat base with full resting surface. Decoration on the interior base consisting of two incised concentric circles.
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Dish (non-vitreous Red-Slipped Ware)
Origin
Castro de Alvarelhos, Alvarelhos, Trofa
Material
Ceramic. Very compact fabric with sandy structure and homogeneous firing. Non-plastic inclusions composed of well-calibrated mica and quartz, evenly distributed. Surface carefully regularised and well-polished. Finish consisting of a thick, well-adhered slip on both interior and exterior surfaces, of “English red” colour (S20).
Description
Classification and chronology
Type – non-vitreous Red-Slepped Ware, imitation of Hayes 61 / Castro de Alvarelhos - Phase IV/V
Deposit
MMAP [ALV. 95 B (D13.01), 3931, 3932, 4000]
Bibli.
MOREIRA 2007, 86; 2010, 724-725, est. CXLIII, no. 25.
