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Kafkalla

Tomb 34, P71

Black Slip II

jug

Mended neck, handle and upper body fragment of a jug. Narrow neck. Angular vertical handle from mid-neck, square in section, inserted through wall at lower end with a substantial tenon and pierced horizontally at the apex. Incised decoration. Three-line disconnected zig-zag on surface of handle. Three-line horizontal zig-zag at mid-neck, two horizontal lines at neck-base. Two-line horizontal zig-zag on upper body. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: neck, handle, body -- Joins: 2 -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: square -- Handle location: mid neck -- Handle projection present -- Neck type: cylindrical -- Wall - body: 7 -- Handle section 1: 14.3 -- Handle section 2: 10 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR5/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: wh+br+grey -- Hardness: very hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium