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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P311

Red Polished IV

jug

Joining and non-joining rim, neck, handle, body and base fragments from a medium-sized jug. Ovoid body, rounded base. Narrow cylindrical neck, tapering to tall narrow cut-away spout. Vertical handle from mid-neck which bifurcates at the mid-point (lower part missing). Incised and relief decoration. Incision executed with a three-pronged tool. On surface of handle one-line vertical zig-zag to birfurcation. Immediately below rim (on one side only?), one-line zig-zag. On each side of neck six groups of three horizontal lines, not continuous. On front of body, two narrow vertical relief ridges with one set of three vertical zig-zag lines in between and one set to each side. Three horizontal lines below neck/body join. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, handle+body+base -- Joins: 10 -- Mouth type: cut-away -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: split -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Height - body: 18 -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Wall - body: 7 -- Wall - base: 7 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/4 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR4/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Texture: coarse -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: rel+inc -- Decoration quality: poor