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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P248

Red Polished III

jug

Neck, handle and body fragment from a large jug. Cylindrical neck, probably tapering upwards. Ovoid body. Large vertical handle, rectangular in section, inserted through vessel at lower end. Unpierced triangular lug at neck-base on front of vessel. Small rounded unpierced lug (or low relief boss) on mid- or lower neck at front of vessel. Incised decoration: not well executed, with jagged margins. Two- to three-line vertical zig-zag on surfce of handle. Short parallel angled lines, arranged vertically, on sides and front of neck and upper body and on upper body below handle base. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: neck, handle, body -- Joins: 7 -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: rectangle -- Lug type: unpierced -- Lug number: 2 -- Diameter - body: 240 -- Wall - body: 8 -- Handle section 1: 18 -- Handle section 2: 24 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6, 5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor