Horváth László szerk.: Zalai Múzeum 17. (Közlemények Zala megye múzeumaiból, Zalaegerszeg, 2008)

KREITER ATTILA: A Celtic pottery kiln and ceramic technological study from Zalakomár-Alsó Csalit (S-W Hungary). Kelta edényégető kemence és kerámia technológiai megfigyelések Zalakomár-Alsó Csalit lelőhelyről

slab was attached probably to accommodate the increased curvature at the widest part of the vessel. Then the vessel was finished on a slow wheel or turn table. The fabric of the sherd shows increased amounts of sand. The majority of quartz grains are opaque and white showing up to 1—1.5 mm in size although sparse amounts of coarse quartz grains are also present. Rare amounts of medium calcareous inclusions are also present just as rare amounts of iron oxide. Maximum height: 6.8 cm, max. width: 6.9 cm, thickness range: 0.5-0.6 cm. 3. Inv.No. 722.378.1.3 (Fig. 5/3): It is a light brown out-curved rim sherd of an amphora. Just below the rim it is decorated with a rib. The sherd is oxidised in its exterior, interior and core. Its core is orangey. The vessel was slab-built. The upper, out curved, slab that formed the rim shows 2.5 cm in height, which was applied onto a slab which is ca. 5.5 cm in height. These slabs overlapped each other. The vessel was finished on a slow wheel or turn table. The fabric of the sherd show increased amounts of sand. The majority of quartz grains are opaque and white showing up to 1- 1.5 mm in size although sparse amounts of coarse quartz grains are also present although the amount of 2- 3 mm large quartz grains is more than in the previous samples and rare amounts of iron oxide was observed. Maximum height: 7.3 cm, max. width: 6.1 cm, thickness range: 0.7-0.8 cm. 4. Inv.No. 722.378.1.4 (Fig. 5/4): It is a dark grey out-curved rim sherd of an amphora. Just below the rim it is decorated with a rib. The sherd is evenly reduced in both its exterior and interior. Its core is irregularly fired. On this sherd no slab building was identified but striations made by a wheel was observed on its interior. Unfortunately it cannot be decided whether the wheel marks were made by a slow or fast wheel or a turn table. The fabric of the sherd shows increased amount of sand. The majority of quartz grains are opaque and white showing up to 1-1.5 mm in size. Rare amounts of coarse and very coarse quartz grains are also present and rare amounts of iron oxide was also observed. Maximum height: 7 cm, max. width: 10 cm, thickness range: 0.6-0.7 cm. 5. Inv.No. 722.378.1.5 (Fig. 5/5): It is a light brown out-curved rim sherd of an amphora. In the exterior just below the rim it is decorated with a shallow impression. The sherd is oxidised in both its exterior and interior. Its core is also oxidised. The vessel was slabbuilt, in the cross section of the fragment overlapping slabs could be identified. The height of the slab is ca. 4.2 cm. The vessel was finished on a slow wheel or turn table. The fabric shows increased amount of sand. The majority of quartz grains are opaque and white showing up to about 1 mm in size. Sparse amounts of coarse quartz grains are also present. Maximum height: 4.2 cm, max. width: 5.8 cm, thickness range: 0.6-0.7 cm. 6. Inv.No. 722.378.1.6 (Fig. 5/6): It is a dark grey out-curved rim sherd of an amphora. Just below the rim it is decorated with a rib. The sherd is evenly reduced on both its exterior and interior. Its core is oxidised. Since the reduced layer on the exterior and interior is relatively thin (1 mm) and the core is evenly oxidised it is assumed that the vessel was fired under oxidised conditions then towards the end of the firing process the flow of oxygen was decreased that resulted in reduced exterior and interior. On this sherd no slab building was identified but striations made by a wheel are seen on its interior and exterior. Unfortunately it cannot be decided whether the wheel marks were made by a slow or fast wheel or turn table. The fabric of the sherd shows increased amount of sand. The majority of quartz grains are opaque and white showing up to 1-1.5 mm in size. Maximum height: 6.9 cm, max. width: 4.8 cm, thickness range: 0.6-0.7 cm. 7. Inv.No. 722.378.1.7 (Fig. 5/7): It is an orange-red rim sherd of a bowl. The sherd is oxidised on its exterior, interior and core. In this sherd overlapping slabs were identified but the vessel was finished on a slow wheel or turn table. The wheel marks on this sherd are much less in number than in the previous samples indicating that the finishing off this vessel was considerable shorter. The fabric of the sherd shows increased amount of sand. The majority of quartz grains are opaque and white showing up to 1 mm in size. Rare amounts of coarse quartz were also identified. Maximum height: 5.5 cm, max. width: 5.6 cm, thickness range: 0.6-0.7 cm. 8. Inv.No. 722.378.1.8 (Fig. 5/8): It is a light brown out-curved rim sherd of an amphora. Just below the rim on its interior it is decorated with a rib. The sherd is evenly oxidised on its exterior, interior and core although there are small patches of fire clouding. The sherd was built using the slab technique. The upper, out-curved, part was a 3.2 cm high slab, which was attached to a ca. 5 cm high slab. The vessel was finished on a slow wheel or turn table. The fabric of the sherd shows increased amount of sand. The majority of quartz grains are opaque and white showing up to 1 mm in size. Sparse amounts of coarse quartz were also identified. Maximum height: 6.2 cm, max. width: 8.2 cm, thickness range: 0.6-0.7 cm. 9. Inv.No. 722.378.1.9 (Fig. 5/9): It is a grey, outcurved rim sherd of a bowl. The bowl shows an S profile with a carinated neck. The sherd is evenly reduced on both its exterior and interior although its core shows irregular firing conditions. The vessel was slab-built. The upper part of the sherd from the shoulder is a clearly identifiable slab with ca. 2.5 cm