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Kafkalla

Tomb 781, P39

Late Helladic IIIA/IIIB

piriform jar

Neck, body and handle fragment from a small piriform jar. Piriform body. Wide neck. Small horizontal loop handle on the body. Decoration in red-brown paint. Slip and paint poorly preserved. Multiple horizontal lines on neck. In shoulder zone probably a framed horizontal row of parallel vertical lines. Solid paint on handles and interior of neck. Probably from the same vessel as Tomb 781, P20. Not drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: handle, neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Handle type: small horiz loop -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: body -- Diameter - body: 160 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 6.5 -- Handle section 2: 7 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: ? -- Paint lustre: ? -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: ? -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR5/8 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/6 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: fine