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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P85

White Painted IV

jug

Rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment from a cutaway spouted jug. Narrow cylindrical neck tapering to cutaway mouth. Low vertical handle from mid-neck, inserted through shoulder at lower end. Small unpierced lug at neck base opposite handle. Decorated in fugitive matt black/brown paint. Solid paint on rim, lug and sides of handle. Five parallel horizontal lines on spout, three on upper neck and three on lower neck. Possible horizontal rows of lozenges between (filling uncertain). On front and rear of neck two parallel vertical lines from rim to neck base. Not drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: cut-away -- Rim course: straight -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: square -- Handle location: lower neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Lug type: unpierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR8/2 -- Colour - paint: N3/ -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted