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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P287

Red Slip

tankard

Mended rim, neck and handle fragment from a medium-sized closed vessel, probably a tankard. Round horizontal mouth. Everted flattened downsloping rim. Small roughly made pierced lug handle on upper neck. Interior slip near rim only. Incised decoration executed with a multiple tool. Two wavy lines on rim. On upper neck, to either side of lug, three wavy lines with three to four parallel horizontal lines above and three below. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle -- Joins: 2 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thickening -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: below rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: slight -- Colour - exterior: 10R5/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium