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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P297

Red Polished III

juglet

Rim, neck, handle, body and base fragment from a juglet. Globular body, rounded base. Narrow cylindrical neck, tapering to round horizontal mouth with flaring flattened mouth rim. Conical, slightly downward curving lug on front at mid-body. High vertical handle, round in section, inserted through wall at lower end, with double-pointed thumb-grip at apex. Incised decoration. On mouth rim, one-line zig-zag. On surface of handle one-line vertical zig-zag. On sides of handle three and four groups of four to seven short parallel horizontal lines. On top of handle, between thumb-grip and rim short four-line zig-zag. On mid- and upper neck seven parallel horizontal lines. Five parallel horizontal lines below neck/body join. Three encircling lines around handle base and lug base. On upper body three-line concentric circle motifs, pairs of framed hatched or crosshatched bands and short vertical rows of two hatched lozenges. At mid-body one-line horizontal zig-zag bordered above and below by two parallel horizontal lines. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body+base -- Joins: 15 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Base type: round -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: from rim -- Handle projection present -- Neck type: upward taper -- Lug type: unpierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 50 -- Height - full: 185 -- Height to rim: 175 -- Height - body: 105 -- Height - maximum diameter: 50 -- Diameter - body: 110 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Wall - base: 5 -- Handle section 1: 16 -- Handle section 2: 16 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/8 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/3 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium