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Kafkalla

Tomb 764, P30

Red Polished III

bowl

Joining and non-joining rim, body and base fragments from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Round base. Incised decoration with some white infill. Below rim, horizontal row of deep framed hatched downward-pointing triangles, between double horizontal lines. On body, isolated five-line concentric circle motifs with a cental dot, alternating with two vertical framed horizontally hatched bands. Circles thinly incised, with same tool as used for other motifs. On lower body/base, six horizontal lines. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, body, base -- Joins: 5 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 70 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Wall - base: 5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/8 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR4/8 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white, grey -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium