Detail View: DeneiaArchive:

Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P336

Middle Cypriot cooking pot

cooking pot

Rim, handle, neck and upper body fragment from a small cooking vessel. Wide neck with upward taper to round mouth. Vertical handle from rim to shoulder, oval/circular in section, not inserted through wall at lower end. Incised decoration on surface of handle. Two sets of oppositely angled, relatively carelessly executed lines, with a small vertical dash in between and another at handle base. No carbon discolouration. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thickening -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 13 -- Handle section 2: 11 -- Exterior slip: none -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR4/8 -- Colour - core: dark -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor