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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P321

Red Polished IV

bowl

Rim, handle and body fragments from a small bowl. Hemispherical body, probably rounded base. Incurving rounded rim. Pierced lug handle from and rising slightly above the rim. Fine incised decoration, much of it executed with a four-pronged tool. Below rim, one-line horizontal zig-zag. On upper body four horizontal lines. On body, from below handle, vertical four-line zig-zag between four vertical lines pendent to base. On side of body, as preserved, four vertical lines (probably part of similar motif). Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 9 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: pierced lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 160 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: slight -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR6/6 -- Colour interior: 5YR6/4 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: high