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Kafkalla

Tomb 185, P20

Black Slip II

jug

Rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment from a large jug. Tall narrow neck tapering slightly to round horizontal mouth with everted flattened downsloping rim. Vertical handle, round in section, from mid-neck, inserted through wall at lower end. Surface worn with very little slip remaining. Incised decoration. Two-line horizontal zig-zag at mid-neck; two line vertical zig-zag on rear of neck above handle. On body, as preserved, two-line vertical zig-zag below base of handle. On surface of handle two- to four-line disconnected vertical zig-zag. Shallow finger impression on upper handle near neck join. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, body -- Joins: 7 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 70 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 7 -- Handle section 1: 20 -- Handle section 2: 20 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N3/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white, grey -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium