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Kafkalla

Tomb 789, P146

White Painted composite

bowl

Several non-joining fragments (rim, handle and body) from a small bowl or cup. Carinated body, rounded rim. High vertical handle from rim. Slipped or painted over whole of interior. Finely decorated on exterior with medium lustrous orange-brown paint. Below rim, horizontal framed band of interleaved hatched triangles. Below, a horizontal line above unidentifiable motif. Solid vertical band of paint on surface of handle, not well preserved. Drawn. Sampled by Maria Dikomitou, 2006.

General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, handle, body -- Joins: 8 -- Rim course: straight -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Handle type: high vertical -- Handle section: rectangle -- Handle location: from rim -- Rim diameter - general: <100 -- Wall below rim: 2 -- Wall - body: 4 -- Handle section 1: 10 -- Handle section 2: 8 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: thin -- Exterior lustre: slight -- Interior lustre: slight -- Paint lustre: medium -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 10YR7/4 -- Colour interior: 10R4/6 -- Colour - paint: 5YR4/6 -- Colour - fabric: 7.5YR6/6 -- Texture: fine -- Inclusions - number: none -- Hardness: medium-soft -- Decoration technique: painted -- Decoration quality: medium