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Kafkalla

Tomb 34, P26

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. On upper body, horizontal row of hatched lozenges with two horizontal lines above and two below. On mid- and lower body large five-line concentric circle motif (thinly drawn) beside a vertical framed crosshatched band. Drawn.

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: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 140 -- 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/, 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium