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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P59

Red Polished IV

jug

Mended rim, neck, handle, body and base fragments of a large jug. Piriform body, flattened base. Medium-wide cylindrical neck. Pinched forward-sloping mouth with flaring rounded rim. High vertical handle from rim, rectangular in section, inserted through wall at lower end, with prominent thumb-grip (missing). Small pierced lug at neck-base opposite handle. Not decorated. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, body, base -- Joins: 19 -- Mouth type: pinched -- Mouth angle: forward slope -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: flat -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: rectangle -- Handle location: from rim -- Handle projection present -- Neck type: cylindrical -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Wall - base: 6 -- Handle section 1: 15 -- Handle section 2: 10 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR5/6, 7.5YR5/4 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none