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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P242

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim, body, base and handle fragments from a small bowl. Incurved, rounded rim. Small unpierced lug at rim. Round base. Fine incised decoration. On body three horizontal registers with two horizontal lines at the top, two in the middle and one below. In the upper two, three-line concentric circle motifs (broadly incised) alternating with two joined horizontal rows of hatched lozenges. In the lowest, smaller two-line concentric circle motifs (broadly incised) alternating with one horizontal row of hatched lozenges. Six parallel horizontal lines around edge of base. Base plain. Drawn. Sampled by Maria Dikomitou, 2006.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body, base -- Joins: 8 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: plain lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 150 -- Height - full: 90 -- Height - maximum diameter: 80 -- Wall below rim: 5 -- Wall - body: 8 -- Wall - base: 9 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5N/, 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour interior: 2.5N/ -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, red -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium