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Kafkalla

Tomb 215, P12

White Painted III

bowl

Mended, almost complete small bowl. Hemispherical body, rounded base. Slightly incurved rounded rim. Uptilted horizontal loop handle from below rim. Decorated with matt orange-brown paint. Solid paint on rim. Three sets of parallel angled lines on surface, sides and underside of handle, as preserved. On interior, horizontal wavy line below rim and at mid-body. Small circle at centre of base. On exterior, five-line horizontal zig-zag below rim, above horizontal line. Cross between arms of handle. On lower body, vertical wavy line framed by two straight lines from below handle to opposite side of vessel. To either side oppositely angled sets of five parallel lines, with a short wavy line in each of the forward interstices. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body, base -- Joins: 5 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: horizontal -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: below rim -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Rim diameter - specific: 80 -- Height - full: 55 -- Height to rim: 33 -- Wall below rim: 2 -- Wall - body: 3 -- Wall - base: 3 -- Handle section 1: 4.8 -- Handle section 2: 7 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR6/4 -- Colour interior: 7.5YR6/4 -- Colour - paint: 5YR5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR5/4 -- Colour - core: dark -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, grey -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium