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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P172

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim fragment from a small bowl. Slightly incurved, slightly thinning, rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal row of plain lozenges above a two-line concentric circle motif and five parallel horizontal lines. On upper body, as preserved, a framed angled crosshatched band, an isolated hatched lozenge and part of another two-line concentric circle motif. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 5YR5/6, N2.5/ -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/2 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high