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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P38

Black Polished

bowl

Mended, almost complete small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Hemispherical body with rounded base (mostly missing). Incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal row of plain lozenges above three parallel horizontal lines. On body and base, an angled three-line hatched chequer band and angled crosshatched band. In between isolated two-line concentric circle motifs and, pendent from the three horizontal line band below rim, three-line concentric semicircles. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: rim, body, base -- Joins: 11 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Height - full: 70 -- Height - body: 60 -- Height - maximum diameter: 70 -- Diameter - body: 122 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Wall - base: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/ -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium