COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 789, P169
Ware:
Red Polished Black Top
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim fragment from a small bowl. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, six parallel horizontal lines. On upper body, as preserved, a two-line concentric circle motif beside a horizontal row of hatched lozenges. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 2 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: thick -- Interior slip: thick -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 7.5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/1 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
