Pottery

Pottery
   The use of pottery for storage vessels and eating utensils began during prehistoric times and continued throughout Egyptian history. Pottery is found in sites in the eastern Sahara and Sudan dating back to 9000–8000 BC. It appears in Egypt in the seventh millennium from sites in the Fayumand Merimda Beni Salama. Hand made painted pottery became common during the Predynastic Period with such distinctive designs as the Badarian and Naqada sequences. From these pieces, Flinders Petrie divised a scheme of sequence dating pottery, which is especially useful for working with objects from nonhistoric periods of time.These early periods are distinguished by their handmade pottery. The use of the potter’s wheel appears to have originated in Dynasty 4or Dynasty 5. Scenes of pottery production appear on Old Kingdomtombreliefs. The pottery of the historic periods is decorated in a simpler manner, is more utiliarian, and has not been the subject of detailed studies until recently. Scholars can now differentiate the types of clay used, for example silt or marl clays, and they are beginning to identify the exact locations of manufacture. Kilns used in the production of pottery have been discovered in excavations, like those found at predynastic Hierakonpolis. Imports of foreign pottery from Syria-Palestine, Crete, and Greece can prove useful dating tools as well.
   See also Badari, El-; Tell el-Yahudiya.
Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt by Morris L. Bierbrier

Ancient Egypt. A Reference Guide. . 2011.

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