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20.245(continued)Flat base, already overhanging, fairly thick, with rounded edge. Lower body p with an almost straight profile, at 45°. Shoulder rounded but fairly abrupt. Shoulder with an almost straight profile, inclined towards the interior. Rim thick, widened towards the exterior, with a flat lip inclined towards the ext the interior. Handles horizontal loop, very upright, fairly thin, round in section. Paint thin dark brown on the buff part, brown-black below. Lustrous. Flaking in fine flakes, very worn. Band covering the lip and the exterior of the rim. Below the shoulder, three broad bands, then one lower and one around the foot. Handles painted on the top, with a stroke of brush around the attachment. Shoulder decoration: against handles, two close vertical lines, linked between them by oblique strokes from right to left. From the base of this motif rises a spiral with a long stem. Central motif: vertical band as near the handle, framed by a spiral on each side.
Reconstituted from two non-joining fragments. Very incomplete, but shape and decoration entirely certain.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain