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Kafkalla

Tomb 920, P2

Red Polished III

juglet

Complete gourd juglet. Piriform body, rounded base. Narrow cylindrical neck tapering to round horizontal mouth with everted rounded rim. Vertical handle, circular in section, from the rim. Fine incised decoration with white infill. Six horizontal lines on upper neck, seven on lower neck. Five parallel horizontal lines below neck/body join, five at mid-body and eight on lower body. In shoulder zone horizontal row of hatched lozenges. On mid and lower body horizontal row of larger hatched lozenges. Possibly a shallow horizontal groove at neck-base. Surface abraded, areas of slip and surface missing. On lower body, to one side, two small areas missing where fabric has disintegrated in the soil. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: complete -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: everted -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: low vertical -- Handle section: round -- Handle location: from rim -- Neck type: upward taper -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 34 -- Height - full: 130 -- Height - body: 80 -- Height - maximum diameter: 35 -- Diameter - body: 82 -- Handle section 1: 8 -- Handle section 2: 7 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/4-7/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: ? -- Inclusions - size: ? -- Inclusions - colour: ? -- Hardness: ? -- Core presence: ? -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: fine