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Kafkalla

Tomb 34, P54

Proto White Slip

bowl

Non-joining small rim sherd and handle fragment from a small bowl. Incurving rounded rim. Horizontal wishbone handle with a central depression. Decorated in pinkish red paint. Light band of paint on rim. Below rim on exterior, horizontal wavy line above three (or more) parallel horizontal lines. On handle set of three lines toward terminal, on each 'arm', which continue around edge to underside. Paint on terminal. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: wishbone -- Handle section: round -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Handle section 1: 8 -- Handle section 2: 9 -- Exterior slip: thick -- Interior slip: thick -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 7.5YR8/2 -- Colour interior: 7.5YR8/2 -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR5/4-5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/8 -- Colour - core: light -- Burnish: even -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: many -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thin -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium