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Kafkalla

Tomb 787, P13

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurving rounded rim. Thin incised decoration. From below rim, horizontal wavy line; three horizontal lines; horizontal row of hatched lozenges double-framed on two sides only; two horizontal lines; and a three- or more line concentric circle motif beside two or more upright hatched triangles (or lozenges) double-framed on the left side only. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 2.5YR5/8 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium