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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P217

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved, rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal row of downward-pointing hatched triangles above three parallel horizontal lines. On body, a horizontal hatched zig-zag band, with unframed hatched rectangles in the interstices, above three parallel horizontal lines with hatching visible below. Entry and exit point of each incised line emphasised. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5N/, 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: 2.5N/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium