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Burnished grey-ware hump-backed bull-shaped pottery vessel; the mouth is a spout. Radiography indicates probable method of manufacture, namely by coiling. The body was made first, built up on a flat slab of clay which now forms the underside of the belly. The back was probably formed by the application of another slab of clay to produce an open shoe-like form. Construction continued with the addition of further coils to form the neck and head. The roughly horizontal lines in this region which are visible on a radiograph may indicate the joins between successive coils. The top of the head appears to have been closed by a slab of clay and the muzzle formed by slitting open the front of the neck. Finally, the horns, tail, dewlap and feet were modelled from small additional pieces of clay.
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