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Kafkalla

Tomb 763, P55

Red Polished III

juglet

Two joining and eight non-joining rim, body and handle fragments from a small to medium-sized juglet. Round mouth with everted rounded rim. Vertical handle, probably from the rim, oval in section, inserted through wall at lower end (tenon preserved). Fine complex incised decoration. On body horizontal? three-row hatched chequer band; to either side a complex motif comprised of alternating nine-line concentric semicircles and curving framed hatched bands, split by three parallel lines. Above, five parallel lines; below, hatched framed line, probably part of another three-line hatched chequer motif. On handle, zig-zag formed by a combination of three straight lines and framed hatched panels. Multiple concentric semicircles on mouth rim. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 10 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Handle section 1: 10 -- Handle section 2: 12 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR7/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high