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Tomb 764, P25

Middle Cypriot cooking pot

cooking pot

Rim, handle and small body fragment from a medium-sized cooking pot. Straight flattened rim. Vertical handle from the rim, oval in section, not inserted through wall of vessel at lower end. Three parallel angled lines on upper and lower handle. Low horizontal ridge on upper handle. At lower end of handle, to left of centre, a deep short horizontal incision. Some discolouration on lower handle. Well smoothed brown surface. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: straight -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Handle section 1: 16 -- Handle section 2: 19 -- Exterior slip: none -- Colour - fabric: 5YR4/6 -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, brown -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: rel+inc -- Decoration quality: poor