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Kafkalla

Tomb 34, P52

Red Slip

flask

Shoulder/upper body fragment from a small closed vessel. Possibly lentoid body. Vertical handle, elongated oval in section, inserted through wall at lower end. Small pierced lug below handle join. Very thin, shallow incised decoration, probably executed with a two-pronged tool. On handle two parallel vertical lines. Shoulder/upper body divided into vertical panels by sets of two vertical lines. In panels, alternating sets of two straight and two wavy parallel horizontal lines. Possibly RP IV. Interior unsmoothed. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body, handle -- Joins: 1 -- Handle type: vertical -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/4, 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium