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Cemetery: 
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item: 
Tomb 789, P332
Ware: 
Red Polished III
Shape: 
large closed
Notes: 
Rim and neck fragment from a very large closed vessel. Cylindrical, slightly tapering neck, round horizontal mouth with everted rounded rim. Incised and relief decoration. Very prominent wavy vertical relief ridge on front(?) of neck, with six or more perforations. One or more relief rings on side of neck. Above and below ring, as preserved, vertical row of short angled dashes. Between ring and ridge, vertical two-line disconnected zig-zag. Drawn.
Description: 
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 5 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 150 -- Wall below rim: 8 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: rel+inc -- Decoration quality: poor