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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P229

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim, handle and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved, rounded rim. Very small plain lug at rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, three roughly parallel horizontal lines. On rear of body, a vertical framed ladder band from each side of lug; on side of body, as preserved, alternating vertical rows of hatched lozenges and vertical ladder bands. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: plain lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 7 -- Exterior slip: worn -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10Y3/, 7.5YR4/3 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/2 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: poor