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Cemetery: 
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item: 
Tomb 789, P345
Ware: 
Red Polished III
Shape: 
bowl
Notes: 
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.
Description: 
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