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Kafkalla tis Malis

Tomb 56, P55

White Painted III

bowl

Non-joining rim, body and base fragments of a small bowl. Shallow hemispherical body with rounded base. Incurved rounded rim. Thin to medium slip on interior and exterior. Some brown inclusions. Decorated in slightly lustrous dark brown to black paint, with some areas of red-brown. No decoration on interior. On exterior, multiple-line horizontal zig-zag above a horizontal line. Below, angled lines, part of a larger motif (a three-line horizontal zig-zag?). Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body, base -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 110 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Wall - base: 4 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: slight -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/4 -- Colour interior: 10YR7/4 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, white -- Hardness: medium-hard -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted