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Kafkalla

Tomb 764, P40

Red Polished III

jug

Rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment from a jug. Tall narrow to medium-wide neck. Round horizontal mouth with flat everted downsloping rim. Vertical handle from lower neck, lower part missing. Three poorly incised parallel angled lines on upper handle. Burnt-out organics in fabric. Edge of rim chipped and worn. Ht of neck 190mm. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: lower neck -- Neck type: cylindrical -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 110 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Handle section 1: 27 -- Handle section 2: 28 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: large -- Inclusions - colour: black -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor