Cemetery:
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Kafkalla
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 789, P205
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Ware:
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Red Polished Black Top
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Shape:
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bowl
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Notes:
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Rim fragment from a small bowl. Incurved, almost pointed rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, five parallel horizontal lines overlain with a one-line horizontal zig-zag. On upper body, as preserved, a narrow vertical ladder band overlain with widely-spaced angled lines, beside three chevrons arranged in a vertical row. Drawn.
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Description:
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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: 3 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/3 -- Colour - core: dark -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium
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