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Cemetery: 
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item: 
Tomb 789, P120
Ware: 
Black Slip II
Shape: 
tankard?
Notes: 
Mended neck and body fragment from a large closed vessel. Wide neck. Pierced lug at neck-base. Matt black slip. Some slip on interior of neck. Decorated with thin incision, executed with a two- and three-pronged tool. On neck alternating double horizontal wavy lines and three parallel horizontal lines. On sides of body, as preserved, alternating double horizontal wavy lines and two or three horizontal lines. On body, below lug, vertical double wavy line with two vertical straight lines to each side. Drawn.
Description: 
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: neck, body -- Joins: 4 -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR3/1 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/4 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium