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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P140

White Painted composite

bowl

Two mended non-joining fragments from a small bowl. Hemispherical body, rounded base. Incurving rounded rim. High vertical handle from rim, oval in section. Low double rim projections on either side of vessel, as preserved. Fully slipped/painted on interior. Exterior decorated in matt dark brown paint. Two-line zig-zag on surface of handle. Possibly solid paint on sides of handle (worn). Below rim, horizontal band of hatched lozenges between horizontal lines. On body, as preserved, three row solid chequerboard. Drawn.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: >2/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, base, body -- Joins: 2 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Base type: round -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: oval -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim projection: double plain -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 100 -- Height - full: 80 -- Height to rim: 55 -- Height - maximum diameter: 35 -- Diameter - body: 112 -- Wall below rim: 2 -- Wall - body: 3 -- Wall - base: 3 -- Handle section 1: 10 -- Handle section 2: 8 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: matt -- Interior lustre: matt -- Paint lustre: matt -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR8/3 -- Colour interior: 10YR3/2 -- Colour - paint: 2.5YR4/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/3 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: black, red -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Core presence: none -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: high