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Kafkalla

Tomb 185, P23

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim, handle, body and base fragment from a small bowl. Deep hemispherical body, rounded base. Incurving rounded rim. Small partially pierced lug handle at the rim. Fine incised decoration. From below rim, three horizontal lines, horizontal row of hatched lozenges, double-framed on two sides only, two horizontal lines, six-line horizontal zig-zag, two horizontal lines and six-line horizontal zig-zag. Six encircling lines around edge of base. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body, base -- Joins: 22 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: indented lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 150 -- Diameter - body: 155 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 2.5YR5/8 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/3 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: red, white, grey -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium