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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P58

Red Polished III

jug

Mended rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment of a large jug. Medium-wide slightly convex-sided neck, round horizontal mouth with everted flattened downsloping rim. Low vertical handle from mid-neck, round in section, inserted through wall at lower end. Finger impression on top of handle. Disconnected four-line zig-zag on surface of handle. Edge of rim worn. Slipped on interior for several cms below rim. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body -- Joins: 13 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thickening -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: convex -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 90 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 23.5 -- Handle section 2: 19.5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R3/6, 2.54/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium