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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 56, P42

Red Polished III

bowl

Rim, handle and body fragment of a large bowl. Thick-walled conical body. Straight flattened rim. Elongated partially pierced vertical lug, rising above the rim in circular concave-topped projection. Low rounded rim projection to one, and probably both sides of lug. Decorated with incision and relief. On rim four parallel angled incised lines. Below rim, relief wavy line above straight line. Below, on upper body, three parallel angled relief lines. Slip has a slight to medium lustre on interior and exterior. Some brown inclusions. Thick dark core (inner two-thirds of wall). Drawn.

General shape: large open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: straight -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: flattened -- Handle type: indent vert lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim projection: single plain -- Rim diameter - general: 300-400 -- Wall below rim: 7 -- Wall - body: 12 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: medium -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 5YR5/6 -- Colour - core: dark -- Burnish: even -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: medium -- Inclusions - size: small, medium -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: rel+inc