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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 55, P37

Middle Cypriot Coarse

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Rim, neck and upper body fragment from a medium to large closed vessel. Broad concave-sided neck. Round or oval horizontal mouth with flaring rounded rim. Small lug at neck-base (now broken away). Very gritty fabric with inclusions visible all over surface. No slip but surface worn and abraded. Relatively thick rim. Sherd thickens at neck join and thins again to body. Neck join unsmoothed on interior, with cracks visible. No carbon residues. Not decorated. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Neck type: concave -- Lug type: ? -- Lug number: 1 -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 110 -- Wall below rim: 7 -- Wall - body: 7 -- Exterior slip: ? -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4-5/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium, large -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick