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Kafkalla

Tomb 797, P1

Red Polished III

juglet

Rim and neck fragment of a gourd juglet. Narrow neck tapering to wide everted mouth rim. Vertical handle from below rim (missing). Fine incised decoration. On rim, four narrow equidistant framed hatched bands radiating from opening to rim edge. On neck, as preserved, two sets of five horizontal lines with a horizontal row comprised of sets of three short parallel angled lines in between. Medium to high lustre. Some brown inclusions. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: vertical -- Handle location: below rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 45 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, red -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Decoration technique: incised