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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P34

Black Polished

bowl

Mended rim, handle, body and base fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Round base. Plain lug from the rim. Incised decoration. Below rim, horizontal wavy line between triple parallel horizontal lines. On body large four-line concentric circle motifs with double-framed vertical crosshatched band above and below each motif. In between a vertical row of hatched lozenges. Circles deeply and broadly incised. Drawn. Sampled by Maria Dikomitou, 2006.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, base -- Joins: 7 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: plain lug -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 120 -- Height - full: 70 -- Height - maximum diameter: 60 -- Wall below rim: 2 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Wall - base: 4 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: medium -- Interior lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: N/2.5 -- Colour interior: N/2.5 -- Colour - fabric: 2.5Y5/1 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: white -- Hardness: soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: incised -- Decoration quality: medium