Cemetery:
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Kafkalla
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 789, P44
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Ware:
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Black Polished
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Shape:
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bowl
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Notes:
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Joining and non-joining rim, body and handle fragments from a small bowl. Incurving rounded rim. Very small plain lug set just below rim. Incised decoration. Below rim and on body a horizontal chequerboard comprising three or more hatched bands. In some of the reserved areas two hatched lozenges. Drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 5 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: plain lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: ? -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/ -- Colour interior: ? -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high
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