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4.3 Catalogue of Coarsewares

4.3.1 Impasto

Bowls

Bowls occur in a variety of shapes. Many may also have served as lids.

Type 1

Hemispherical bowl with plain incurving rim, cf. Doganella coarseware 1 bowl type 1 (Perkins and Walker 1990, fig.27.5, 32.1-2). The illustrated example from ORB40.0 is unusual in that it is decorated with sub-round impressions made from the exterior causing pimples on the interior.

Fig. 31. Bowl type 1
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A very similar piece was found in grave 27 at Marsiliana (Minto 1921, 64, 286, Tav. L,3), and another is on display in the Museo di preistoria e protostoria della valle del fiume Fiora in Manciano; the provenance is unknown. The decoration of the Marsiliana example was executed from the interior.

Type 2

Tronco-conical bowl with a plain rim, cf. Doganella coarseware 1 bowl type 2 (Perkins and Walker 1990, fig.32.3). Simple bowls of this shape are uncommon in impasto and the sherds may in fact be rims of chalices.

Type 3

Tronco-conical bowl with a flaring plain rim, cf. Perkins and Walker 1990, fig.26.20. This example has a red slip on the interior and exterior

Type 4

Tronco-conical bowl with a plain rim and three grooves near the rim on the interior.

Fig. 32. Bowl type 4
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This rim may be a rim sherd of a holmos or pot stand rather than a bowl.

Type 5

Tronco-conical bowl with an incurving rim and a small flat base.

Fig. 33. Bowl type 5
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Type 6

Incurving squared-off plain rim. The rim appeared to have been cut and one part had a smeared edge.

Fig. 34. Bowl type 6
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The interior was vertically wiped and the exterior vertically burnished except at the rim where the burnishing was horizontal. The sherd may in fact be the edge of a holmos perforation rather than a rim.

Type 7

Deep footless slightly carinated bowl with a slightly outcurving rim and a distinct lip on the interior of the rim.

Fig. 35. Bowl type 7
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Type 8

Carinated bowl with inturned rim. Similar bowls were found at Poggio Volpaio (cf. bowl No. 23 in Fig. 5.2.3.2). The example from ORB41.4 is decorated with two grooves on the exterior of the upper part of the wall with a line of impressed petal motifs between and a vertical cordon.

Fig. 36. Bowl type 8
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The form is common in Etruria and the Albegna Valley (Michelucci 1982, 58; Donati and Michelucci 1981, 30-32); however the decorative scheme is unusual.

Type 9

Shallow bowl with sharp carination and flaring rim.

Fig. 37. Bowl type 9
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Paralleled in CVA 7, IV Pl.10 No.4. Date mid 7th century.

Type 10

Slightly outcurving vertical rim with at least one loop handle rising from the rim. The base of the handle is impressed on the exterior with three parallel horizontal lines a falsa cordicella.

Fig. 38. Bowl type 10
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Similar vessels have been found at Poggio Buco (Matteucig 1951, 21 no. 1512, Pl.II,8; Bartoloni 1972, 50, fig. 20,12) and in the upper Albegna Valley (Donati and Michelucci 1981, 33 No.38), dated to the first half of the 7th century.

Holmos

Type 1

Bell shaped lower section with a slightly thickened everted rim with 2 grooves on the exterior and at least two triangular openings. Above a spheroid central section, cf. Bosio and Pugnetti 1986, 34 No.2. .

Fig. 39. Holmos type 1
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Similar examples have been found at Vulci, Poggio Buco and Pitigliano (Bosio and Pugnetti 1986, 91, n.78) and Saturnia (Michelucci 1982, 56 No.41, fig 37).

Jars

The jars are all of the very common stamnoid type and have been differentiated according to the shape of the neck and details of the rim. Currently there is no detailed study of these very variable types of typically Etruscan jars. The jars date between the late 8th and the mid 6th centuries (Bosio and Pugnetti 1986, 91-2).

Type 1

Globular jar with a cylindrical neck and a flaring rim.


Fig. 40. Jar type 1 © P Perkins 1997	Fig. 41. Jar type 1 © P Perkins 1997

A further example was found at Poggio Volpaio (cf. Jar No. 47 in Fig. 5.4.1.1).

Type 2

Plain everted rim with an inverted tronco-conical neck.

Fig. 42. Jar type 2
© P Perkins 1997

Type 3

Everted rim with distinct lid seating, cylindrical neck and distinct shoulder.

Fig. 43. Jar type 3
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Type 4

Everted and overhanging rim with 2 distinct grooves at the top of the rim, an inverted tronco-conical neck and distinct shoulder.

Fig. 44. Jar type 4
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This shape was associated with a flat base and had a red exterior slip.

Type 5

Plain everted rim with lid seating and no distinct neck.

Fig 45. Jar type 5
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Type 6

Everted bulbous rim with distinct lid seating and a cylindrical neck.

Fig. 46. Jar type 6
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Type 7

Plain everted bulbous rim with grooves on the interior, cf. Doganella coarseware 2 Jar type 1 (Perkins and Walker 1990, fig. 38).

Handle

Typical handle of stamnoid jar, e.g. Bosio and Pugnetti 1986, 45 No.1.

Bases

Type 1

Flat base.

Type 2

Globular body with a low footring.


Fig. 47. Jar Base type 2 © P Perkins 1997	Fig. 48. Jar Base type 2 © P Perkins 1997

Lid

Type 1

Beaded rim with groove on the interior.

Plates

Impasto plates occur widely in assemblages from Etruria, Latium and Campania. Details of the rim and carination vary and some examples have overpainted geometric decoration. Plates date to the 7th century and perhaps into the early 6th. For a recent summary see Bosio and Pugnetti 1986, 92-3, n.105.

Type 1

Shallow plate with a slight carination and a plain rim.

The form also occurs in Coarseware 1.

Type 2

Plate with horizontal rim.

Type 3

Shallow plate with angular carination and off-set, overhanging angular rim.

This shape also occurs in bucchero.

Type 4

Shallow plate with rounded carination and off-set plain rim, angular footring and a nipple in the centre of the plate.

Examples bore a red slip on the interior and exterior. This shape is closely paralleled at Cerveteri (Bosio and Pugnetti 1986, 59 no.29).

Body Sherds

Among the body sherds were pieces of a chalice, a kantharos and a bowl.

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