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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P129

Red Polished III

bowl

Mended, almost complete bowl. Hemispherical body, rounded base. Slightly incurved rounded rim. Pierced knob lug at rim. Small area of body/base missing. Decorated with fine incision, possibly executed with a multiple tool. No slip in incision and no evidence of white in-fill. Below rim three-line horizontal zig-zag above unframed hatched rectangles; seven horizontal lines; a seven-line horizontal zig-zag with unframed hatched rectangles in interstices above and below; seven encircling lines around base. Medium to high lustre on exterior. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body, base -- Joins: 17 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Height - full: 60 -- Height to rim: 60 -- Height - maximum diameter: 60 -- Diameter - body: 120 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Wall - base: 3 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: 5YR6/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: fine