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Cemetery: 
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item: 
Tomb 772, P12
Ware: 
Red Polished III
Shape: 
small closed
Notes: 
Shoulder and body fragment, including small area of neck base, from a small closed vessel. Neck diameter approximately 40mm. Fine complex incised decoration with white infill. Below neck, on shoulder, a four-row, double-framed hatched chequer. Below, on body, a vertical row of multiple lozenges split by double vertical lines, between vertical rows of half multiple lozenges framed on the long side by double vertical lines. On one edge of sherd an area of framed hatching, part of an unidentifiable motif. Horizontal groove or incision at neck-base. Drawn.
Description: 
General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body -- Joins: 1 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/4 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: fine