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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 56, P1

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim and body fragment of a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal wavy line above three horizontal lines. On upper body, two three-line concentric circle motifs side by side, beside two horizontal rows of hatched lozenges, above three horizontal lines. On lower body, seven-line concentric circle motif below short framed horizontal wavy line and two vertical rows of two hatched lozenges, beside two vertical rows of three hatched lozenges. At base of sherd, horizontal 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 -- 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: very fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, large -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised