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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P89

Red Polished IV

flask

Rim, neck, body and base fragment from a small flask. Lentoid body, flattened oval base. Narrow neck widening to round horizontal mouth with flaring rounded rim. Small opposed vertical (or pierced lug) handles at neck-base. Light brown to dark brown slip, thinly applied, with fine crisscrossing dark brown to black lines. Undecorated. Surface pock-marked. Fine to very fine well-levigated, light-coloured fabric with no core. Fabric colour and hardness not recorded. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: neck, handle, body, base -- Joins: 5 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: flat -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: lower neck -- Neck type: widening -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 25 -- Height - full: 110 -- Height to rim: 110 -- Height - body: 90 -- Height - maximum diameter: 40 -- Diameter - body: 53 -- Diameter - base: 30 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Wall - base: 6 -- Handle section 1: 6 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR7/4 -- Texture: fine -- Core presence: none