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Cemetery: 
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item: 
Tomb 789, P109
Ware: 
Black Slip II
Shape: 
large closed
Notes: 
Large body fragment from a large closed vessel. Decorated with thin shallow incision, executed with a four-pronged tool. Orientation of decoration probably vertical. From one side to the other, four parallel wavy lines, four-line zig-zag, four parallel straight lines, four-line zig-zag, four parallel wavy lines. On each motif, one outermost line shallower and fainter than the other three. Surface shades from light red-brown to black over sherd. Not drawn.
Description: 
General shape: large closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: body -- Wall - body: 3 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR6/4, 10YR4/1 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/4 -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium