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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P118

Black Slip II

tankard?

Mended rim, neck, body and base fragment from a medium-sized closed vessel. Tall broad neck, widening to round horizontal mouth with everted flattened rim (17mm wide). Globular body with rounded base. Base of uptilted tubular spout preserved on shoulder. Small pierced lug on underside of spout where it joins vessel wall. Matt black slip, almost completely worn off whole vessel. Decorated with thin incision, executed with a three-pronged tool. Three-line zig-zag on rim. On neck three horizontal lines below rim, at mid-neck and at neck-base; three wavy lines on upper and lower neck. On body three sets of three horizontal wavy lines alternating with sets of three parallel horizontal lines. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, bod, base, spout -- Joins: 6 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thickening -- Rim end: flattened -- Base type: round -- Spout type: tubular -- Neck type: widening -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 112 -- Height - full: 220 -- Height to rim: 220 -- Height - body: 118 -- Height - maximum diameter: 55 -- Diameter - body: 140 -- Wall below rim: 7 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5Y3/1 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/3 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high