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Kafkalla

Tomb 781, P38

Red Polished III

large closed

Neck, handle and body fragment from a large closed vessel. Wide neck. Vertical handle from mid-neck, round in section, with thumb grip at apex. Incised decoration. Two-line vertical zig-zag on surface of handle; three groups of three parallel horizontal lines equidistant on sides of handle. Pairs of oppositely angled lines, vertically arranged, on neck and body, as preserved. Not drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: handle, neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: mid neck -- Handle projection present -- Neck type: cylindrical -- Wall - body: 7 -- Handle section 1: 18 -- Handle section 2: 18 -- Exterior slip: thick -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: ? -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: red+wh+brown -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium