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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P48

Black Slip I

jug

Rim, neck and handle fragment from a large jug. Medium-wide neck, tapering to round horizontal mouth with flaring flattened rim. Low vertical handle, round in section, from mid-neck (mostly missing). Small flat-sided pierced lug at neck-base opposite handle. Dull greenish-grey slip. Fine dense fabric, with many white inclusions visible on the surface. Deep round finger impression on top of handle. Two angled lines deeply incised on preserved area of handle. Ht of neck 92mm. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 67 -- Wall below rim: 7 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR6/4 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/4 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none