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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P204

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim, handle and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved, rounded rim. Small pierced lug handle from rim, deeply indented on top. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, two horizontal joined rows of hatched lozenges with two parallel horizontal lines above and ten or more below from one side of lug. On other side of lug two lines below rim, as preserved. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 3 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5N/, 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: 2.5N/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/3 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium