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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P236

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Joining and non-joining sherds from a small bowl. Incurved, almost pointed rim. Fine incised decoration. On upper body, horizontal hatched zig-zag band with two parallel horizontal lines above and two or more below. Small two-line concentric circle motifs in both upper and lower interstices (broadly incised). Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 5 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 170 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: thick -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5N/, 5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: 2.5N/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/2 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high