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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P318

Red Polished IV

jug

Rim, neck, handle and upper body fragment from a medium-sized jug. Narrow neck, tapering to cut-away spout. Vertical handle, round in section, from the rim, inserted through wall at lower end. Small unpierced lug at neck-base at front of vessel. Incised decoration. Two-line vertical zig-zag on surface of handle. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: cut-away -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Lug type: unpierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 4.5 -- Handle section 2: 3 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR6/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor