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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P246

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Large rim, handle, body and base fragment from a small bowl. Incurved, rounded rim. Round base. Small vertical loop handle, sub-rectangular in section, from the rim. Fine incised decoration. Four- to five-line vertical zig-zag on surface of handle. Below rim, horizontal one-line zig-zag. Body divided into three horizontal registers by three sets of three parallel horizontal lines. In uppermost register equidistant four-line concentric circle motifs (broadly incised) alternating with two rows of two hatched lozenges (or a two-row hatched chequer). In middle register a horizontal row of downward pointing hatched triangles. In lowest register, which extends across the base, a six- or more row crosshatched chequerboard. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body, base -- Joins: 14 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: small vert loop -- Handle section: rectangle -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 170 -- Height - full: 115 -- Height - maximum diameter: 95 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Wall - base: 5 -- Handle section 1: 14 -- Handle section 2: 8 -- 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: 10YR6/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high