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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P296

Red Polished III

juglet

Joining and non-joining neck, handle and body fragments from a juglet. Narrow neck, tapering to (probably) round horizontal mouth. Vertical handle from rim, rectangular in section, inserted through wall at lower end. Broken pierced lug on front of body. Incised decoration. On surface of handle three-line vertical zig-zag. On neck, as preserved, multiple horizontal zig-zag. Three parallel horizontal lines at neck base. On body, vertical double-framed crosshatched bands, four-line concentric circles and single-framed horizontal crosshatched bands. Drawn. Sampled by Maria Dikomitou, 2006.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: neck, handle, body -- Joins: 12 -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: rectangle -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Lug type: pierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Height - body: 4 -- Handle section 1: 15 -- Handle section 2: 9 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium