Cemetery:
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Mali
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 172, P6
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Ware:
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Red Polished III
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Shape:
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amphora?
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Notes:
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Rim and neck fragment of a large closed vessel. Round horizontal mouth with flaring flattened rim. Incised decoration. On neck, vertical row of short angled dashes, roughly incised from the top left, with jagged margins. Long area of abrasion along inner edge of rim (on old break). Drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 170 -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR4/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised
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