Cemetery:
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Mali
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 172, P12
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Ware:
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Red Polished III
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Shape:
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large closed
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Notes:
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Small body fragment from a large closed vessel. Incised, impressed and relief decoration. Orientation uncertain. Curving relief band with twelve parallel vertical incisions and two small impressed dots, as preserved. At edge of sherd set of three small impressed dots and two angled lines, part of an incised two or three-line zig-zag with three dots at the angles. Drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body -- Joins: 1 -- Wall - body: 7 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR5/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: rep+inc+imp
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