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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P338

Middle Cypriot Coarse

jar

Rim, neck, upper body and handle fragment from a medium-sized vessel. Wide neck, tapering to flaring rounded rim. No demarcation between neck and body. Low vertical handle from the rim, round in section, not inserted through the wall at the lower end. Unsmoothed surface. No obvious slip. Fairly crudely made. Handle slightly misaligned. No carbon discolouration. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 165 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Handle section 1: 15 -- Handle section 2: 14 -- Exterior slip: none -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR5/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: medium -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: very hard -- Core presence: thick