Cemetery:
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Kafkalla
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 789, P345
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Ware:
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Red Polished III
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Shape:
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bowl
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Notes:
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Rim and body fragment from a large thick-walled bowl. Conical body, slightly incurved rounded rim. Large unpierced lug, rising above rim in circular flat-topped projection. Body thickness varies from 11 to 16mm. Relief decoration. Below rim horizontal wavy line in impressed relief. On upper body, horizontal and angled lines in impressed relief. Drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: large open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 4 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: plain vert lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: >400 -- Wall below rim: 10 -- Wall - body: 16 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: relief -- Decoration quality: medium
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