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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P105

White Painted IV

bowl

Rim, handle, body and base fragment from a small deep bowl. Hemispherical body with flaring rounded (somewhat pointed) rim, rounded base. Uptilted horizontal wishbone handle with prominent terminal from below rim. Decoration in matt black/brown paint. Thick wavy line on surface and underside of handle; solid paint on sides of handle. On interior, thick horizontal wavy line below rim. On exterior, on upper body deep horizontal row of hatched upright triangles, framed to one side only, above a horizontal line. On lower body and base two sets of three parallel vertical lines, meeting at the centre of the base; in each of the two quadrants below handle a single short wavy line. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, base, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: flaring -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: wishbone -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: below rim -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Height - full: 110 -- Height to rim: 85 -- Height - maximum diameter: 60 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 6 -- Wall - base: 5 -- Handle section 1: 10 -- Handle section 2: 12 -- Exterior slip: thin -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR8/4 -- Colour interior: 10YR8/4 -- Colour - paint: 10YR4/1, 10R5/6 -- Colour - fabric: 107/4 -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium