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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P104

Plain White Wheelmade I-II

jar

Rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment from a large jar. Wide cylindrical neck tapering to wide horizontal mouth with broad flat everted rim (18 wide). Large handle from rim to shoulder with broad shallow vertical indent on surface. Undecorated. Well-smoothed exterior surface with thin slip. Clear evidence of wheel manufacture on interior and on exterior of neck. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, base -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thickening -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: 200-300 -- Rim diameter - specific: 200 -- Wall below rim: 8 -- Wall - body: 10 -- Handle section 1: 29 -- Handle section 2: 18 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR8/3 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, grey -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none