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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P37

Black Slip II

jug

Joining and non-joining rim, neck, handle, body and base fragments of a large jug. Medium-wide neck. Round horizontal mouth with flaring flattened, partly indented rim. Vertical handle, oval in section, from rim to shoulder (mostly missing), inserted through wall at lower end. Flattened base. Not well made, with irregular surfaces and wall thickness. Slipped on interior of neck. Possibly a crudely incised vertical line on surface of handle. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, body, base -- Joins: 4 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Base type: flat -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 115 -- Wall below rim: 8 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Wall - base: 8 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium, large -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, brown -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none