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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 56, P54

White Painted IV

bowl

Rim, body and base fragment of a small bowl. Shallow hemispherical body with rounded base. Slightly flaring rounded rim. Thin to medium slip on interior and exterior. Decorated in matt dark brown to black paint. Fine, well-executed decoration. On interior, two horizontal wavy lines below rim and another around edge of base. On exterior, on upper body, broad horizontal row of hatched upward-pointing triangles, double-framed on the left side only, with one horizontal line above and one below. On lower body/base, three sets of three parallel lines meeting on base, as preserved. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, body, base -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 100 -- Height to rim: 45 -- Height - maximum diameter: 30 -- Wall below rim: 2 -- Wall - body: 3 -- Wall - base: 3 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/3 -- Colour interior: 10YR7/3 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/4 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: high