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Kafkalla

Tomb 34, P69

Middle Cypriot cooking pot

cooking pot

Rim, neck and handle fragment from medium-sized thin-walled cooking vessel. Broad neck, widening to round horizontal mouth with flaring flattened rim. Vertical handle from the rim, round in section, not inserted through the wall at the lower end. Incision on handle only. Six deeply incised angled lines. At top, base and mid-point of handle a short vertical dash (compare handle P75 from Tomb 34, possibly a smaller handle from the same vessel). Neck Ht 75mm. No carbon discolouration. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: widening -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 17 -- Handle section 2: 19 -- Exterior slip: none -- Colour - fabric: 5YR4/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor