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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P195

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Joining and non-joining rim and body fragments from a small thin-walled bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal row of hatched lozenges, with one horizontal wavy line and three to four parallel horizontal straight lines above and three parallel horizontal straight lines below. On mid- and lower body, as preserved, large set of four (or more) concentric circles (thinly drawn) below double-framed vertical crosshatched band; vertical(?) row of hatched lozenges, loosely drawn thin horizontal row of plain lozenges and other unidentifiable motifs. Drawn. Sampled by Maria Dikomitou, 2006.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 7 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 140 -- Wall below rim: 2 -- Wall - body: 2 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/4 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium