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Kafkalla

Tomb 787, P103

White Slip II

bowl

Joining and non-joining rim, body and handle fragments from a medium-sized bowl. Deep hemispherical body. Incurved rounded rim. Horizontal wishbone handle below rim, mostly missing. Decorated in matt dark brown paint. Row of dashes on rim. Below rim, broad horizontal framed crosshatched band, not continuous above handle; below, narrow horizontal row of linked plain lozenges above another broad framed horizontal crosshatched band, from each side of handle to frontal panel. Below, on body, narrow vertical framed ladder band to either side of a broader vertical framed crosshatched band. Below handle, vertical framed ladder band between broader vertical framed crosshatched bands. In frontal panel, vertical framed ladder band between vertical rows of dots and broad vertical framed crosshatched bands. Band around each handle/body join. Line on underside of handle. On surface of handle, as preserved, two groups of four parallel angled lines. Drawn.

General shape: large open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 5 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: wishbone -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: below rim -- Rim diameter - general: 200-300 -- Rim diameter - specific: 200 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Handle section 1: 11 -- Handle section 2: 9 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5Y8/2 -- Colour interior: 2.5Y8/2 -- Colour - paint: 7.5YR3/4 7.5YR4/4 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5YR5/4 -- Colour - core: light -- Texture: medium -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: grey -- Hardness: hard -- Core presence: thick -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium