Cemetery:
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Mali
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 172, P8
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Ware:
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Black Polished
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Shape:
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bowl
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Notes:
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Small rim and body fragment froim a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, multiple horizontal lines, interrupted by a plain triangle or lozenge, as preserved. Fired soft to medium-soft. Drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: ? -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: grey -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised
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