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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P119

Black Slip II

tankard

Joining and non-joining rim, neck, handle and body fragments from a medium-sized tankard. Globular body, probably rounded base. Tall wide neck widening slightly to round horizontal mouth with everted flattened rim (11mm wide). High vertical handle from rim, with prominent hooked thumb grip at the apex, rectangular in section and not inserted through vessel wall. Unpierced lug at lower handle join and on front of vessel at neck-base. Thin matt black slip, worn off over most of vessel. Decorated with thin incision, executed with a two-prong tool. Two wavy lines on rim. Two vertical wavy lines on surface of handle. On the neck two straight horizontal lines below rim and at neck-base. Two horizontal wavy lines at mid-neck. On sides of body, as preserved, two horizontal wavy lines on shoulder, two horizontal straight lines at mid-body. On front and rear of body two vertical wavy lines with two vertical straight lines to each side. Drawn. Sampled by Maria Dikomitou, 2006.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, body -- Joins: 20 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: rectangle -- Handle location: from rim -- Handle projection present -- Neck type: concave -- Lug type: unpierced -- Lug number: 2 -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 100 -- Diameter - body: 120 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 15 -- Handle section 2: 10 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Interior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR3/1 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/1 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised