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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P299

Red Polished III

juglet

Neck, handle, body and base fragment from a juglet. Squat globular body, rounded base. Narrow cylindrical neck tapering upward. Vertical handle (mostly missing), oval in section, inserted through wall at lower end. Conical downsloping lug at mid-body on front of vessel. Fine incised decoration with white infill. On mid-neck, three-line horizontal zig-zag above six short parallel angled dashes. On upper neck two or more parallel horizontal lines. Three parallel horizontal lines at neck-base. Three encircling lines around handle base and lug base. Parallel angled dashes on lug and on lower part of handle, as preserved. On body, in an alternating pattern, three-line concentric circle motifs above two vertical rows of hatched lozenges and vertical double-framed crosshatched bands above three-line concentric circle motifs. Around edge of base, a horizontal framed dashed band. Concentric circles broadly incised. Lug and handle stub very worn. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: neck, handle, body, base -- Joins: 15 -- Base type: round -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Neck type: upward taper -- Lug type: unpierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Height - body: 70 -- Height - maximum diameter: 32 -- Diameter - body: 84 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Wall - base: 4 -- Handle section 1: 9 -- Handle section 2: 14 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high