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Cemetery: 
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item: 
Tomb 789, P240
Ware: 
Red Polished Black Top
Shape: 
bowl
Notes: 
Several non-joining rim, body and base fragments from a small bowl. Slightly incurved, almost pointed rim. Round base. Fine incised decoration. On whole of body and base, alternating horizontal lines and four-line (in one instance five-line) horizontal zig-zags, forming five horizontal panels and ending in a circle at centre of base. Drawn.
Description: 
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 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Wall - base: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N2.5/, 10YR4/3 -- Colour interior: N2.5/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/3 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high