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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P159

Red Polished III

bowl

Mended rim, handle and body fragment from a large thick-walled bowl. Slightly incurving rounded rim. Horizontal ledge handle at the rim, pierced twice vertically. On surface of ledge three circular depressions (one between and one to each side of holes), 13 to 15mm in diameter. Next to ledge handle on preserved area of rim a circular projection with a concave surface (20mm in diameter). Lime spalling on exterior. Incised zig-zag line on rim at ledge handle join. Wavy relief line below rim on exterior with circular finger impressions. Drawn.

General shape: large open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 3 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: pierced ledge -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 300-400 -- Wall below rim: 9 -- Wall - body: 12 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: medium -- Colour - exterior: 10R5/6 -- Colour interior: 10R5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR5/6 -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium, large -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: rel+inc+imp -- Decoration quality: medium