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Kafkalla

Tomb 185, P14

Red Polished III

jug

Rim and neck fragment from a jug. Medium-wide slightly concave-sided neck. Round horizontal mouth with flaring flattened rim (10mm wide). Vertical handle from mid-neck (missing), inserted through neck at upper join. Pierced lug at neck-base on front of vessel. Incised decoration. On neck four vertical two-line disconnected zig-zags. Organic material in fabric. Slip thin and flaking. Rim worn. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 5 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: concave -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 78 -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR5/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor