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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 56, P53

White Painted IV

bowl

Rim, handle and body fragment from a small deep bowl. Slightly flaring, pointed rim, downsloping to interior. High vertical handle, rectangular in section, from the rim. Thin to medium slip on interior and exterior. Decorated in matt dark brown to black paint. No apparent decoration on interior. Two-line vertical zig-zag on surface of handle; solid paint on sides of handle. On exterior, below rim, horizontal row of framed hatched triangles between horizontal lines. Below handle, vertical row of hatched lozenges, framed on either side by two vertical lines. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: pointed -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: rectangle -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Wall below rim: 3 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR8/3 -- Colour interior: 10YR8/3 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR7/6 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted