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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P117

Black Slip II

jug

Rim, neck, handle and body fragment from a large jug. Cutaway mouth, flaring rounded rim. Narrow slightly convex-sided neck. Low vertical handle from mid-neck to shoulder, oval in section, inserted through wall at lower end. Probably ovoid body. Low unpierced lug/rim projection on either side of cutaway mouth. Rough, deep vertical incision, in three parts, at centre of surface of handle. Matt black/brown slip. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: cut-away -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: convex -- Lug type: unpierced -- Lug number: 2 -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Wall - body: 7 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/4 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none