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Kafkalla

Tomb 772, P35

Middle Cypriot cooking pot

cooking pot

Rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment from a medium-sized cooking pot. Broad neck, widening slightly to round horizontal mouth. Slightly flaring flattened rim. High vertical handle, round in section, not inserted through wall at lower end. Incised decoration on handle. Two sets of four oppositely angled lines, deeply and broadly incised. Surface smoothed but not obviously slipped. Height of neck 50mm. No carbon discolouration. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: widening? -- Rim diameter - general: ? -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Handle section 1: 18 -- Handle section 2: 16 -- Exterior slip: none? -- Colour - fabric: 5YR4/4 -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor