cooking pot

Cooking pot made of black clay with one handle. Earthenware. High bulging black coloured pot, with a short neck and small brim, slightly slanting inwards. Geometrical designs around the pot, spiral lines made with polishing stone and rhombic designs done with the spur wheel. The colour of the pot varies from the baking technique. (Clay). Height 145mm, diameter at brim 95mm, diameter at bottom 80mm.

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