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carry it by ; the face is whitened. 75 has also
a strainer top. 81 is curiously moulded in two
halves and joined together, not made on the
wheel like all the others.
The painted jugs (88, 90-93, 97) are the very
close of classical designs, showing the greatest
degradation; while in the Vllth century, 98
has frankly ffone on to barbaric ornament, which
might be prehistoric.
No. 89 and onwards are all two-handled
vases. 108 is copied from a form of beaten
metal, probably of the Vlth or Vllth century
by the style. The exaggerated forms (as 108,
115, 116, 117) are all very late: they are like
the forms in Coptic wood turning, often coloured
red and yellow and polished.
No. Ill is interesting as a later survival of
classical vase painting than we should have
expected, as this is dated closely to 250 a.d.
No. 119 is restored from fragments, and has
been supposed here to have been a vase ; but it
seems quite possible that it was a camel laden
with four amphoras, and painted with trappings.
ttery. 31
No. 122 is a very curious thick ware deco-
rated with deeply incised lines, the pattern
of which is difficult to identify.
Nos. 123-124 are covers for jars.
Nos. 125-126 are barrel bottles which I also
found at Tanis of the same period. They are
usually of salmon-coloured ware, with red face,
and very liable to flake.
The amphoras are still well formed at the
beginning of the IYth century, as 130-132.
But they run down to ruder forms until they
are far rougher and smaller than 138 by the
time of the Arab conquest. It is notable how
all of these have well-marked ribbing con-
tinuous from the neck to rather below the
middle ; then a confused space, and then well-
marked ribbing continuous to the point. It
seems as if they were made in two separate
halves, and joined together last of all. An
actual example of a half amphora, finished to
an edge ready for joining to the other half,
was also found.
carry it by ; the face is whitened. 75 has also
a strainer top. 81 is curiously moulded in two
halves and joined together, not made on the
wheel like all the others.
The painted jugs (88, 90-93, 97) are the very
close of classical designs, showing the greatest
degradation; while in the Vllth century, 98
has frankly ffone on to barbaric ornament, which
might be prehistoric.
No. 89 and onwards are all two-handled
vases. 108 is copied from a form of beaten
metal, probably of the Vlth or Vllth century
by the style. The exaggerated forms (as 108,
115, 116, 117) are all very late: they are like
the forms in Coptic wood turning, often coloured
red and yellow and polished.
No. Ill is interesting as a later survival of
classical vase painting than we should have
expected, as this is dated closely to 250 a.d.
No. 119 is restored from fragments, and has
been supposed here to have been a vase ; but it
seems quite possible that it was a camel laden
with four amphoras, and painted with trappings.
ttery. 31
No. 122 is a very curious thick ware deco-
rated with deeply incised lines, the pattern
of which is difficult to identify.
Nos. 123-124 are covers for jars.
Nos. 125-126 are barrel bottles which I also
found at Tanis of the same period. They are
usually of salmon-coloured ware, with red face,
and very liable to flake.
The amphoras are still well formed at the
beginning of the IYth century, as 130-132.
But they run down to ruder forms until they
are far rougher and smaller than 138 by the
time of the Arab conquest. It is notable how
all of these have well-marked ribbing con-
tinuous from the neck to rather below the
middle ; then a confused space, and then well-
marked ribbing continuous to the point. It
seems as if they were made in two separate
halves, and joined together last of all. An
actual example of a half amphora, finished to
an edge ready for joining to the other half,
was also found.