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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 55, P26

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim and body fragment of a small bowl. Incurved almost pointed rim, downsloping to interior. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal wavy line above horizontal straight line. On upper body, horizontal row of hatched lozenges, framed on two sides above horizontal wavy line and horizontal straight line. On lower body, three-line concentric circle motif (thinly drawn) above framed angled hatching, part of a larger motif. Lustre medium to high on interior and exterior. No clear black band on exterior. Upper body shades unevenly from orange to dark grey. Clear even incision, not executed with a multiple 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 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR5/6, 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised