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Kafkalla

Tomb 764, P28

Red Polished III

amphora

Rim, neck, handle and body fragments (non-joining) from a small amphora. Wide cylindrical neck. Round horizontal mouth with everted rounded rim. Small vertical loop handle from lower neck to shoulder, broken away (probably one of two). Incised decoration with entry and exit points of incising tool emphasised. On neck, groups of oppositely angled parallel lines with five horizontal lines above and five below. On upper body, five horizontal parallel lines. On mid-body, complex zigzag, with upstrokes comprised of two framed hatched angled bands and downstrokes of eleven to twelve parallel angled lines. On lower body, seven parallel horizontal lines, with a central horizontal dashed line, overlain by a one-line horizontal zigzag. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body -- Joins: 5 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: small vert loop -- Handle location: lower neck -- Neck type: cylindrical -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 93 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR7/4 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium