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Cemetery: 
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item: 
Tomb 764, P41
Ware: 
Black Polished
Shape: 
spindle whorl
Notes: 
Approximately one third of a small globular whorl. Slip in perforation. Horizontal framed row of dashes at mid-body. Two horizontal lines and a horizontal row of dashes near one terminal. The other terminal not preserved. On one half of body a three- to four-line horizontal zigzag. On other half (less well preserved) oppositely angled sets of three or four parallel lines. Pres Ht 29mm. Pres W21mm. Diameter of perforation 10mm. Pres Wt 5.8g. Drawn.
Description: 
Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: ? -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, red -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium