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Kafkalla

Tomb 764, P29

Red Polished III

bowl

Rim, handle and body fragments (non-joining) from a small bowl. Slightly flaring rounded rim. Small pierced knob lug at the rim; second unpierced lug also at rim on non-joining fragment. Incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal row of linked plain lozenges above three horizontal lines. On body angled chequerboard, with alternate rows filled with sets of oppositely angled lines. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 4 -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 180 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/8 -- Colour interior: 10R4/8 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium, large -- Inclusions - colour: red, grey -- Hardness: very hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium