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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P56

Red Polished IV

jug

Mended rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment of a large jug. Medium-wide slightly convex-sided neck, tapering to round horizontal mouth with everted flattened, partially indented rim. Low vertical handle, oval in section, not inserted through wall at lower end. Deep broad central vertical groove on surface of handle. Dull red-brown slip shading to dark grey in places. Slipped below rim on interior. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body -- Joins: 5 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 110 -- Wall below rim: 9 -- Wall - body: 12 -- Handle section 1: 25 -- Handle section 2: 19 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR5/4, 2.5YR4/4 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR5/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium, large -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor