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Kafkalla

Tomb 34, P44

White Painted V

jar

Rim, neck and body fragment from a small jar. Rounded body, wide neck flaring to rounded, almost flattened rim. Relatively carelessly decorated in poorly preserved matt dark grey paint. On the neck a crosshatched panel. Fabric full of small and medium and some large white inclusions. Lime-spalling evident on exterior. Drawn.

General shape: small closed -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, neck, body -- Joins: 1 -- Mouth type: round -- Mouth angle: horizontal -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: constant -- Rim end: rounded -- Neck type: widening -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR8/3 -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR4/0 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium, large -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: poor