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Cemetery: 
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item: 
Tomb 215, P55
Ware: 
Red Polished IV
Shape: 
jug
Notes: 
Mended rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment of a large jug. Medium-wide neck tapering to horizontal oval mouth with flaring unevenly flattened downsloping rim. Vertical handle from mid-neck, mostly missing. Central vertical incision on surface of handle. Drawn.
Description: 
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle -- Joins: 4 -- Mouth type: oval -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 85 -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Wall - body: 9 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6-5/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Core presence: thick