Cemetery:
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Kafkalla
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 789, P153
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Ware:
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Red Polished III
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Shape:
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bowl
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Notes:
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Rim and body fragment from a large bowl. Straight (or very slightly incurved) rounded rim. Narrow horizontal ledge handle uptilted from rim. Low vertical ridge on upper body from each end of ledge. Matt red slip on exterior and for about 10mm below rim on interior. Matt black slip on interior starting 10mm below rim. Drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: large open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: straight -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: unpierced ledge -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 300-400 -- Rim diameter - specific: 380 -- Wall below rim: 7 -- Wall - body: 11 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/4 -- Colour interior: 10R5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 10R4/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration quality: medium
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