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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 55, P24

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim and body fragment of a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, two horizontal wavy lines. On body, two horizontal rows of hatched lozenges double-framed on two sides, as preserved. Below, another hatched motif and two vertical wavy lines. Few to medium number of inclusions. Black on exterior extends only 1mm or so below the rim. Interior is dark brown rather than black, except at the rim. The hatching within the lozenges appears to have been done with a two-pronged tool. 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: 160 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6, 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised