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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P156

Red Polished III

jug

Mended fragment from the front of a deep high cutaway spout from a very large jug. Thick medium lustrous lip on exterior and interior. Fine incised and relief decoration. Some white in-fill preserved in incision. On front of spout four rounded relief knobs in a vertical line. One or more similar knobs on side of spout. Four sets of seven or eight parallel horizontal lines around spout. In between, small incised one-line circles and sets of two concentric circles. To the side of each relief knob, oppositely angled hatched vertical bands. On side of rim, as preserved, fine parallel incisions. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: spout -- Joins: 3 -- Mouth type: cut-away -- Rim course: straight -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Wall below rim: 13 -- Exterior slip: thick -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium