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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P237

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim, body and base fragment from a small bowl. Incurved, rounded rim. Rounded base. Fine incised decoration. On upper body, horizontal row of large plain lozenges bordered above and below by three parallel horizontal lines, with vertical hatching filling the upper and lower interstices. On the mid- and lower body, as preserved, four-line concentric circle motif (broadly incised) bordered on one side by a vertical crosshatched band and on the other by a vertical hatched band (reserved at the centre), above a three- or more row hatched chequer pattern. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body, base -- Joins: 4 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 180 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 7 -- Wall - base: 6 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5N/, 7.5YR6/6 -- Colour interior: 2.5N/ -- Colour - fabric: 10 YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high