Cemetery:
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Kafkalla
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 789, P222
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Ware:
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Red Polished III
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Shape:
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bowl
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Notes:
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Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved, almost pointed rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim horizontal row of plain lozenges above three parallel horizontal lines. Whole of body, as preserved, covered with a hatched chequerboard. Drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: 7.5YR4/4 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/4 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high
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