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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 55, P25

Red Polished Black Top

bowl

Rim and body fragment of a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Fine incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal row of disconnected hatched lozenges, framed on two sides, between triple horizontal lines. Below, three concentric groups of three curved lines above three horizontal lines. Angled sets of three lines below, part of a larger motif. Very narrow band of black at rim on exterior. Incision apparently executed for the most part with a three-pronged tool (producing fine, closed spaced sets of three lines). Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 160 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/6, 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR6/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white, red -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised