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Kafkalla

Tomb 34, P106

Red Polished III

bowl

Two non-joining rim and body fragments of a small bowl. Incurved, flattened, inward-sloping, somewhat uneven rim. Fine, thinly incised decoration, not executed with a multiple tool. Below rim, ten-line horizontal zig-zag. On body, as preserved, two isolated six-line concentric circle motifs; framed hatched rectangle, set of two vertical rows of hatched lozenges; set of two vertical framed hatched bands, with occasional widely spaced crosshatching lines and a short horizontal zig-zag/wavy line. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 180 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR4/6 -- Colour interior: 5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium