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Dollium

Origin

Monte Padrão, Monte Córdova, Santo Tirso.

Material

Ceramic. Compact paste of laminar structure with homogeneous firing (N51). Non-plastic inclusions composed of quartz, feldspar and, in greater proportion, mica. Smoothed, polished surface, with visible mica particles. Traces of spatulation on the upper face of the body.

Description

Fragment of rim and adjoining wall of a dollium. Curved wall indicating a low, broad body, marked by a pronounced internal carination separating the two planes.

Wide, curved rim projecting outwards. Lip faceted on the inner face, where it develops an angular carination.

Classification and chronology

Type SILVA 1986, G1b-IIA,1 (phase III) / Monte Padrão – Phase VI

Dimensions

Maximum rim diameter: 311 mm; Maximum height: 125 mm; Maximum rim thickness: 18 mm.

Deposit

MMAP [PAD. 85 E (A1.021), 1601]

Bibli.

MOREIRA 2007, 72.