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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 55, P15

Red Slip

jug

Rim, neck and upper body fragment of a jug. Medium-wide, convex-sided neck. Pinched mouth with flattened rim. High vertical handle from the rim (missing). Small pierced lug at neck-base opposite handle. Thin to medium slip. Some brown inclusions. Thin faint incised decoration, executed with a three-pronged tool. On the neck alternating bands of three straight and three wavy horizontal lines. On shoulder three straight horizontal lines; three vertical wavy lines below lug. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: pinched -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: convex -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6, 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, red -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised