Kafkalla

Tomb 764, P39

Red Polished III

jug

Joining and non-joining neck, body and spout fragments, probably from a jug. Globular body (wall thickness from 4 to 8mm). Upward tapering neck. Uptilted tubular spout on upper body, mostly missing, inserted through pre-prepared hole in wall of vessel. Fine incised decoration with some white infill. On mid-neck, horizontal row of linked framed hatched lozenges with horizontal line above and below; on lower neck, four parallel horizontal lines. Body divided into two registers by three parallel horizontal lines at mid-body. In both registers, three-line concentric circle motifs (incised with a broader tool than remainder of incision), alternating variously with two vertical framed hatched bands, three-row horizontally hatched chequerboards and a vertical framed hatched band and vertical row of framed hatched lozenges. Upper register framed above by framed horizontal row of groups of oppositely angled lines. Lower register framed below by four parallel horizontal lines. In spout panel, below spout, horizontal row of framed hatched lozenges; around spout base two to three encircling lines (broadly incised). Vertical relief ridge, partially preserved on lower neck, or possibly a large pierced(?) lug. Smoothing striations on interior. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: neck, spout, body -- Joins: 13 -- Spout type: tubular -- Neck type: upward taper -- Wall - body: 8 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5Y4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, red -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: rel+inc -- Decoration quality: medium