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Kafkalla

Tomb 185, P16

Red Polished IV

bowl

Rim, spout, body and base fragments from a small spouted bowl. Shallow hemispherical body, rounded base. Incurved rounded rim. Long (L 73; D at tip 10) narrow tubular spout from below rim. Small rounded unpierced lug at juncture of body and upper spout. Incised decoration. Below rim, two-line horizontal zig-zag. Slip flaking and very worn. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, spout, body, base -- Joins: 11 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Spout type: tubular -- Spout shape: tapering -- Lug type: unpierced -- Lug number: 1 -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 100 -- Height - full: 48 -- Height - maximum diameter: 40 -- Diameter - body: 103 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Wall - base: 6 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: worn -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR5/4 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR5/4 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR6/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium