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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P45

Red Polished IV

amphora

Rim, neck, handle and body fragment of a small closed vessel. Medium-wide neck, tapering to round horizontal mouth with flaring irregularly rounded rim. Low vertical handle, oval in section, from mid-neck to shoulder, inserted through wall at lower end. Dull flaking red-brown slip. Ht of neck 50mm. Slight vertical depression on upper surface of handle. Rim worn and uneven. Small white inclusions visible on surface. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 45 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 7 -- Handle section 1: 9 -- Handle section 2: 13 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR5/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: thin