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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P34

White Painted III

jug

Mended rim, neck, handle, body and base fragment of a small jug. Globular, thick-walled body, rounded base. Tall narrow neck, tapering slightly to round horizontal mouth with everted flattened downsloping rim. Vertical handle from mid-neck oval in section, inserted through wall at lower end. Decorated in lustrous orange paint. On rim horizontal wavy line between straight lines. Horizontal band on interior below rim. Sets of angled lines on surface of handle. Solid paint on sides of handle. Broad vertical band on rear of neck, above and below handle join. On upper neck horizontal wavy line with three straight horizontal lines above and three below. On mid- and lower neck, two or three horizontal wavy lines above four straight horizontal lines. On body, alternating vertical wavy lines and vertical framed crosshatched panels, widening downward. On lower body and base solid paint. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body+base -- Joins: 5 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Base type: round -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 46 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 8 -- Handle section 1: 14 -- Handle section 2: 14.7 -- Exterior slip: none -- Paint lustre: high -- Colour - paint: 10R4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: high