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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P232

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Nine non-joining rim, body and base fragments from a small bowl. Incurved, rounded rim. Round base. Fine incised decoration. Below rim six parallel horizontal lines. On upper and mid-body, two horizontal rows of plain upward-pointing triangles with vertical or angled hatching in the interstices, the rows divided by two parallel horizontal lines. Four parallel horizontal lines around edge of base. Drawn. Sampled by Maria Dikomitou, 2006.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body, base -- Joins: 9 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Wall - base: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 2.5YR4/8 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/3 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium