Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

MtoM - EL-ZUMA

SUDAN

HANDMADE POTS

The collection of handmade pots [Figs 2-3]
consists of 27 vessels. It was possible to
distinguish a number of specific types
characteristic of early Makurian burial
equipment.
III. Spouted bowl (inv. no. Z19/4) with
rounded base, rim tapered in. Exterior and
interior surface red-slipped and roughly
smoothed.
IV. Coarse cooking pots with layer of clay
added to the base. Interior surface either red-
slipped or left roughly smoothed, exterior
surface roughly smoothed. Two kinds of these
pots exist.
IV. 1. Open, shallow bowls ranging from
17.4 to 19.7 cm in rim diameter and from
6.6 to 6.9 cm in height. Two examples
(inv. nos Zl0/13, Z18/3).
IV.2. Globular bowls ranging from 14.0 to
17.5 cm in rim diameter and from 11.5 to

14.0 cm in height. Two examples (inv.
nos Z10/10, Z18/1).
V. Small coarse bowls with layer of clay
added to the base and an exterior surface
covered with impressed pattern, rather poor
quality, soft and poorly fired, very irregular in
shape. Also in this case, two varieties of the
shape can be distinguished.
V.l. Globular bowls (rim diameter 7.5 to
9.5 cm, height 9.0-10.3 cm). Four examples
(inv. nos Z25/7, 24, 26, 31).
V. 2. Hemispherical bowls (rim diameter
11.5-14.0 cm, height 7.1-7.7 cm). Four
examples (inv.no. Z25/9, 10, 20, 32).
VI. Small globular bowl (inv. no. Z25/16)
with layer of clay added to the base, better
made and markedly different from vessels of
Type IV and V. The bowl was fired in higher
temperatures, so the clay is harder. The surface
is burnished on the exterior as well as interior


Fig. 2. Handmade vessels: pots and bowls

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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007