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Kafkalla

Tomb 34, P117

Monochrome

amphora

Joining and non-joining rim, neck, handle and upper body fragments of a small amphora. Wide concave-sided neck, round horizontal mouth with everted flattened rim. Small angled vertical handle from mid- to lower neck. Several body sherds have a marked carination. Thin to medium slip with slight to medium lustre, varying in colour from red-brown to grey-brown. Slipped on interior of neck. Medium to many medium-sized white and some small black inclusions. White inclusions visible on surface which is also pock-marked. Fired medium-hard to hard. Not decorated. Not drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body -- Joins: 10 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thickening -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: square -- Handle location: lower neck -- Neck type: concave -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 90 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 3 -- Handle section 1: 9 -- Handle section 2: 9 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6, 2.5YR5/3 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none