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Kafkalla

Tomb 185, P24

Black Polished

juglet

Mended tripod juglet. Almost complete. Piriform body with rounded base and three short, splaying feet (flattish underneath) inserted through base of vessel. Medium-wide neck tapering to flaring horizontal mouth with flat downsloping mouth rim. High vertical handle, oval in section, from the rim, inserted through wall at lower end. Incised decoration with traces of white infill. On neck four horizontal lines above a three-line horizontal zig-zag.On body two sets of four horizontal lines alternating with two four-line horizontal zig-zags. On handle, disconnected four- to seven-line vertical zig-zag. Mouth worn and chipped. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+base -- Joins: 22 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Base type: foot -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 35 -- Height - full: 130 -- Height - body: 85 -- Height - maximum diameter: 45 -- Diameter - body: 73 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 12 -- Handle section 2: 7 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/1 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium