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Kafkalla

Tomb 787, P12

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim and body fragment from a small relatively thick-walled bowl. Slightly flaring flattened rim. Incised decoration. Below rim, three horizontal lines. On body, five- or more line concentric circle motif, somewhat more broadly incised, beside a three- or more row hatched angled chequerboard. Sets of oppositely angled lines on the rim. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: flattened -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 6 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Exterior slip: thick -- Interior slip: thick -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: ? -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high