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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 56, P22

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim, handle and upper body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Small plain lug at rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal row of double-framed hatched lozenges with three horizontal lines above and two below. On upper body, framed angled lines, part of a larger motif. Fired soft to medium-soft. Medium-sized red-brown and small white inclusions. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: plain lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: ? -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/3 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised