Cemetery:
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Kafkalla
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Tomb and Item:
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Tomb 185, P17
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Ware:
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White Painted IV
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Shape:
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bowl
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Notes:
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Rim, body, handle and spout fragments from a small spouted bowl. Deep rounded body. Flaring rounded rim. Tubular spout from mid-body with flaring rim. One handle join present at mid-body, not inserted through vessel wall. Surface very worn with no obvious slip. Decorated in matt paint, present only as a shadow and, even then, barely visible. On exterior, below rim, probably a framed horizontal wavy line. On upper body, a horizontal row of framed upright hatched triangles above two horizontal lines. Multiple parallel lines on spout. Interior decoration not discernible. Drawn.
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Description:
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General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, spout -- Joins: 16 -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: ? -- Handle location: ? -- Spout type: tubular -- Spout shape: flaring -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 110 -- Diameter - body: 116 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: ? -- Interior slip: ? -- Paint lustre: matt -- Colour - paint: ? -- Colour - fabric: 2.5Y7/3 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium
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