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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P340

Middle Cypriot cooking pot

cooking pot

Mended rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment from a medium-sized cooking pot. Broad neck, widening to round horizontal mouth with rounded rim. Vertical handle, rising slightly from the rim, round in section, not inserted through wall at lower end. Neck not clearly delineated from body. On surface of handle, two groups of oppositely angled parallel incisions (three below and four above), with a short vertical incision between the two groups and at rim join. No carbon discolouration. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, body -- Joins: 2 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: straight -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: widening -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 110 -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 16 -- Handle section 2: 16 -- Exterior slip: none -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: very hard -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor