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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P211

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved, rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, four parallel horizontal lines. On body small two-line concentric circle motifs joined vertically by a ladder band. To each side, a broader vertical ladder band divided at the centre with a discontinuous vertical line. 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: 3 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 2.5YR4/8 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/3 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium