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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P162

Red Polished III

bowl

Mended rim, handle and body fragment from a large thick-walled bowl. Slightly incurving rounded rim. Small downward-curving unpierced ledge handle just below rim, incorporated into relief decoration. Groups of three oppositely angled incisions on rim, above and to either side of handle. On exterior, below rim, deep horizontal wavy line in relief, with small rounded finger impressions. Drawn.

General shape: large open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: unpierced ledge -- Handle location: below rim -- Rim diameter - general: >400 -- Wall below rim: 11 -- Wall - body: 12 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10R5/6 -- Colour interior: 10R4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 10R4/6 -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: relief -- Decoration quality: medium