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Tomb 789, P343

Late Cypriot cooking pot

cooking pot

Rim, neck, handle and body fragment from a small cooking pot. Globular body, probably rounded base. Short broad neck, widening to round horizontal mouth with flattened rim. Vertical handle, oval in section, from the rim, not inserted through wall at lower end. Broad (width 9mm) vertical indentation on surface of handle. Possibly a thin, matt self slip. Heavy carbon discolouration on body, neck and handle on exterior and on body on interior. Small lump of clay on top of handle. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body -- Joins: 2 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: straight -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: strap -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: widening -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 150 -- Wall below rim: 7 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Handle section 1: 24 -- Handle section 2: 12 -- Exterior slip: ? -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR3/2 -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, grey -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: none