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Mali

Tomb 172, P3

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Body fragment from a small bowl. Fine incised decoration with white in-fill. On upper body (below rim), multiple angled lines, probably part of a horizontal row of upright hatched triangles, above three horizontal lines. On body, ten-line concentric circle motif, split by a central vertical and horizontal line, beside a vertical framed hatched band. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6, 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised