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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P214

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim, handle and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved, rounded rim. Small vertical loop handle from the rim. Fine incised decoration on interior and exterior. Vertical zig-zag line on surface of handle. On interior, horizontal zig-zag line immediately below rim. On exterior, immediately below rim, horizontal zig-zag line. On upper body, horizontal row of downward-pointing hatched traingles (?) between double parallel horizontal lines. Below, a horizontal row of hatched lozenges (?). Section drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: straight -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: small vert loop -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Handle section 1: 11 -- Handle section 2: 9 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5N/, 5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: 2.5N/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high