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Kafkalla

Tomb 764, P14

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim, handle and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Knob lug from the rim. Fine incised decoration, with insertion point of incising tool emphasised at beginning/end of each line. Below rim, four-line horizontal zigzag. On body, large unframed hatched rectangles. Interior worn. Probably highly lustrous. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body+handle -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 130 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: ? -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR6/6, 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/3 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high