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Kafkalla

Tomb 34, P55

Red Slip

flask

Rim and neck fragment from a medium-sized closed vessel. Narrow cylindrical neck, tapering to round horizontal mouth with everted downsloping mouth rim. Vertical handle from lower neck (not preserved) inserted through neck wall. Pierced lug on upper neck at front of vessel. Second lug at neck-base, below existing lug, now broken away. Thinly incised decoration, probably executed with a two-pronged tool. Five sets of two parallel horizontal lines on the neck. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: pointed -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle location: lower neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 2 -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 33 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR5/3 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor