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Kafkalla

Tomb 782, P62

Red Polished III

jug

Neck and handle fragment from a jug. Tall narrow cylindrical neck. Round horizontal mouth with everted rounded rim. Pierced lug handle on mid to lower neck (largely missing). Two small opposed pierced lugs on upper neck. Lug at neck-base opposite handle (broken away). Relief and incised decoration. Horizontal relief band on upper neck (level with pierced lugs) with incised angled dashes. Above and below, on neck, groups of two and three angled parallel lines, forming loose vertical zig-zags. Vertical row of angled dashes above and below each of pierced lugs. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: lower neck -- Neck type: cylindrical -- Lug type: partially pierced -- Lug number: 2 -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 65 -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: grey -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: rel+inc -- Decoration quality: poor