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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P57

Red Polished IV

jug

Mended neck, handle and upper body fragment of a large jug. Medium-wide neck tapering to missing mouth. Low vertical handle, round in section, from mid-neck, inserted through wall at lower end. Incised decoration, not executed with a multiple tool. A vertical row of deep short broad vertical incisions on surface of handle. On neck, above handle a vertical line. On mid- and lower neck two parallel horizontal lines. On shoulder, as preserved, two horizontal lines to either side of handle join. Slight groove at neck/body join. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: neck, handle, body -- Joins: 4 -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Wall - body: 6 -- Handle section 1: 23 -- Handle section 2: 21 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/4 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor