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Cemetery: 
Mali
Tomb and Item: 
Tomb 172, P9
Ware: 
Red Polished Black Top
Shape: 
bowl
Notes: 
Rim, handle and body fragment of a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Indented lug handle just below rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim horizontal double-framed hatched band. On body, as preserved, angled areas of framed hatching, part of large motifs. Not drawn.
Description: 
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: indented lug -- Handle location: below rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR6/6, 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/3 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised