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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P2

White Slip I

bowl

Rim and body fragment of a medium-sized bowl. Deep hemispherical body. Incurved rounded rim. Very thick white slip. Painted decoration with bichrome effect possibly achieved by the use of differing paint thicknesses. Below rim, three parallel horizontal lines, the lower two framing a horizontal row of short parallel vertical dashes. Below, on body, two angled parallel lines and a slightly angled framed vertical row of framed crosshatched lozenges. Surface encrusted. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 180 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: thick -- Interior slip: thick -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5Y8/2 -- Colour interior: 2.5Y8/2 -- Colour - paint: 7.5YR5/6, 7.5YR3/2 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR4/6 -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: grey, bown -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium