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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P168

Red Polished III

jug

Large neck, handle and body fragment from a large jug. Narrow neck, probably tapering upwards to missing rim. Ovoid thick-walled body. Low vertical handle, oval in section, from mid-neck, inserted through wall at lower end with substantial tenon (bent back along inner wall). Small secondary vertical handle on front of vessel at neck-base. Incised decoration. Angled parallel lines on surface of handle. Two-line vertical zig-zag on each side of body and below handle at rear of body. On each side of neck two-line vertical zig-zag; above handle parallel angled dashes in a vertical row. Incision fairly crude, with jagged margins. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: handle, neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Wall - body: 11 -- Handle section 1: 23 -- Handle section 2: 17 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium