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| Techniques |
Artifacts were then dried in the sun and finally vasrnished with a stone, to achieve a smooth shiny surface |
1) The coil method involved the formation of clay into long coiled pieces that were wound into a vessel. the coils were then smoothed together to create walls. 2) The slab method used square slabs of clay to create boxes and additions like feet or lids for vessels. |
| Use | 1) Canopic Jars: Four stone jars contained the interior parts of the body which were removed before embalming and deposited with the mummies these were the stomach, hear, lungs and liver 2) Osirian figures: small objects in enamel pottery deposited with the dead, representing mummies. These resembled each other in the hieroglyphic legends painted or impressed on them 3) ceramic jars filled with food offerings, were left in tombs primitive and undecorated clay bowls, vases, jars and pots |
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| Materials | Dark earthenware and stoneware 1) Nile Silt clay - produces Reddish brown pottery 2) Alabaster - transparent marble 3) Steatite (soapstone) - easily worked, and bears heat |
Earthenware only 1) Volcanic clays and ashes - created varied colors when fired 2) No use of stones |
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| Partron Diety | Khnum - The Great Potter | secular pottery - no patron god |
![]() Pre-Dynastic pottery |
![]() Early Dynastic pottery |
![]() Old Kingdom pottery |
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