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Kafkalla

Tomb 787, P2

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Incised decoration with white infill. Below rim, seven horizontal lines overlain by a one-line horizontal zig-zag. On body, as preserved, two vertical framed crosshatched bands. To one side a vertical zig-zag, two vertical lines, a framed hatched rectangle or lozenge and a four- or more line concentric circle motif. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R4/6 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, grey -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high