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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P36

Black Polished

bowl

Non-joining rim and body fragments from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Probably four sets of low double rim projections (two preserved). Rim between projections dashed. Incised decoration. Below rim two interwoven two-line horizontal zig-zags, with two parallel horizontal lines above and three below. On body various motifs, including double-framed vertical and diagonal crosshatched bands, a double-framed vertical row of hatched lozenges or triangles and a double-framed vertical two-line zig-zag, as preserved. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 5 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim projection: double plain -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N/2.5 -- Colour interior: N/2.5 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5Y6/1 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium