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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 56, P32

Black Polished

bowl

Rim, body and handle fragment of a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Small partially pierced lug handle from the rim. Fine incised decoration with some white in-fill. Below the rim, six horizontal lines. On body, four-line concentric circle motif, below a short horizontal wavy line, with a vertical row of hatched lozenges on one side and framed hatching, part of a larger motif, on the other. Light grey fabric. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: plain lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: light grey -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised