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Kafkalla

Tomb 782, P14

Black Polished

bowl

Non-joining rim, body and base fragments from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Rounded base. Fine incised decoration, executed with two different tools. Below rim, horizontal wavy line between double horizontal lines; pairs of concentric semicircles pendent from lowest horizontal line. On body, framed vertically hatched semicircular bands above and below a horizontal line, forming split framed hatched circular bands. On lower body, four horizontal lines, overlain by a group of eight parallel vertical lines. Some lines (eg pendent semicircles) drawn using a broad blunt-nosed tool; others (eg hatching) with a thinner tool. Surface worn. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body, base -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 100 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Wall - base: 3 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Interior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: ? -- Interior lustre: ? -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/ -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: N4/ -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high