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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P319

Red Polished IV

jug

Rim, neck and handle fragment from a large jug. Cylindrical neck tapering to round horizontal mouth with flaring rounded rim. Vertical handle, oval in section, from mid-neck. Attachment of some kind (lug or secondary handle?) partially visible on neck opposite handle. Incised decoration. Three-line vertical disconnected zig-zag on surface of handle. Finger impression at top of handle. Drawn.

General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: mid neck -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 63 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Handle section 1: 22 -- Handle section 2: 16 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium, large -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: imp+inc -- Decoration quality: poor