Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (18.2006(2008))

MtoM - MEROWE SHERIQ, TANQASI, ZUMA

SUDAN

belonging to popular 6th century products
of Dongolan workshops (Godlewski 1991:
P. 118; Pluskota 2005b: P 230, Fig. 8).
Storage vessels and jars of different shape
[Fig. 6] were more numerous at the
settlement. From an early period come the
rims of jars and other storage vessels, red-
slipped on the outside and sometimes also
on the inside, but only around the rim. One
piece has a brown-painted band below the
rim on the inside [Fig. 6:1}. Another bears
a relief band of motifs with an incised sign
of a cross [Fig. 6:7].

Few diagnostic sherds of Classic
Christian vessels have been found and
decorated pots are just as rare. One example
is a bowl with everted rim decorated inside
with a painted motif and the sign of a cross
engraved already after firing. Another
example is a yellow-slipped rim with
a guilloche on the inside (Adams 1986:
vol. I, 245 - style N.IV.A) [Fig. 7}.
HANDMADE VESSELS
Handmade vessels constitute a separate
category. These are mainly utilitarian vessels


Fig. 7. Classic Christian vessels from Merowe Sheriq

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