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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P141

Red Slip

tankard?

Mended neck, body and base fragment from a tankard. Squat globular body, rounded base. Wide cylindrical neck, probably tapering to round horizontal mouth. Lower end of one vertical handle preserved. Not inserted through wall. Small horizontal piercing through handle base. Slightly lustrous red slip, extending to neck interior. Much of slip and vessel surface worn and missing. Decorated with thin incision, executed with a multiple (two- and three-pronged) tool. On neck, as preserved, two parallel horizontal lines above two to three horizontal wavy lines. Two horizontal lines at level of handle join on upper body. On mid- and lower body, three horizontal wavy lines. Vertical line below handle. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: base, neck, body, handle -- Joins: 6 -- Base type: round -- Handle type: vertical -- Neck type: cylindrical -- Diameter - body: 120 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Wall - base: 7 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium