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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P64

Red Polished III

jug

Joining and non-joining rim, neck, handle and body fragments from a small to medium-sized jug. Flaring rounded rim. High vertical handle, oval in section, from the rim, with thumb-grip. Thumb-grip pierced vertically. Fine incised decoration. Sets of five parallel vertical lines on rim. Five sets of five parallel horizontal lines on surface of handle, with two parallel vertical wavy lines in between each set. Horizontal lines on neck, as preserved. On shoulder, two horizontal wavy lines above three straight horizontal lines. On body, ten- or more line concentric circle motifs (thinly incised), below short five-line horizontal zig-zag and beside two narrow framed vertical crosshatched (vertically and horizontally) bands. Not drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body -- Joins: 8 -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thickening -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Handle projection present -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 10.5 -- Handle section 2: 14.5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/8 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: grey -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high