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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P234

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Joining and non-joining rim, handle and body fragments from a small bowl. Incurved, rounded rim. Very small plain lug at rim. Narrow band of black around rim on exterior. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal band of plain lozenges above three parallel horizontal lines. On body, as preserved, oppositely angled pairs of hatched narrow bands, isolated three-line concentric circle motifs and three-line semicircle motifs, the latter variously attached to the lowest of the three lines below the rim and the angled hatched bands. Circles and semicircles thinly incised. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 4 -- 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: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5N/,10R4/8 -- Colour interior: 2.5N/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, red -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium