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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P46

Red Polished IV

jug

Mended rim, neck and upper body fragment of a medium-sized jug. Medium-wide neck tapering to round horizontal mouth with flaring rounded rim and small pinched spout at the front. High vertical handle, oval in section, from the rim. Medium lustrous red-brown to dark grey slip. Not decorated. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, body -- Joins: 3 -- Mouth type: pinched -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 56 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 16 -- Handle section 2: 11 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR6/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: white, brown -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thin