Enkomi 1969 Inventory continued (II)H. de Contenson

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20.138	Cup in ceramic "monochrome".	T. 1907
	Pinkish red terracotta,	(drawing)	(under wall 2)
	fine, hard, resonant, porous		Dromos.
	with numerous deformed bubbles
	visible. Visible temper fairly abundant,
	brown and white, fine. Holes in the surface
	not burst.
	Usual technique. Handle technique
	as 20.137. The interior edge of the rim, placed
	low and rounded, seems to indicate that the top of the
	rim is applied, as it seems to correspond to the
	interior thickenings of the large monochrome cups
	(cf 20.82 et seq.). Traces of scraping on exterior, and
	traces Engobe of vertical smoothing as
	20.120 (width of tool: 1,2 to 1,3 cm).
	Slip without brush marks, except where it
	is worn (interior, left). Brown-red tending to
	orange, with a browner area to the right of the base.
	Fine but completely matt: intermediate quality between
	20.137 and, for example, 20.129.
	Shape: base moderately omphalos, shoulder
	with facet sloping upward, crest
	rim sloping like the facet, with slight thickening
	interior (as 20.112). Handle of the thin type.

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