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Kafkalla

Tomb 34, P128

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Joining and non-joining rim, body, handle and base fragments from a small bowl. Hemispherical body, round base. Incurved rounded rim. Pierced lug handle from rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal wavy line above six parallel horizontal lines. On mid-body, horizontal rows of three hatched lozenges above six horizontal lines, alternating with six-line pendent semicircle motifs (thinly incised), with lines arranged in two groups. On lower body three-line horizontal zig-zag. Three encircling lines around edge of base. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body, base -- Joins: 15 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 180 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 8 -- Exterior slip: thick -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 10R3/6 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red -- Hardness: very soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium