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50 HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
p. 107, mentions also a boat-model and a sphinx (18 inches long), but he gives no reference,
and I am unable to find the record of these objects. But in any case, all the larger glazed
stone objects recorded from the whole of Egypt from sites previous in date to the New
Kingdom cannot compare in number, size, or workmanship with the collection gathered at
the one site of Kerma. Nor do all the recorded glazed stone beads of Egypt begin to equal
in number those of the first four tumuli at our site. These facts show to what an extraordi-
nary extent the glazing of stone was carried on at Kerma. The art, closely connected with
the making of blue faience, was probably understood, even if seldom practiced, wherever
in Egypt faience-making was understood. It was brought to Kerma with the other Egyp-
tian crafts, and favored by an abundant supply of copper oxide, of quartz, of crystal, and
of fuel, reached its climax, along with faience-glazing, in the early years of the colony.
1. BED OF BLUE-GLAZED QUARTZITE
Fragments of a bed of blue-glazed quartzite were found in K III and registered as
follows:
K III comp. 4/3:
Upper part of leg.
Kill comp. 17/3:
Fragment of leg; h., 8.5 cm.
Lower part of leg; h., 15.3+ cm.; length of hoof, 7.7 cm.; width of hoof, 5.3 cm. Photo.
B. 2299. Pl. 37, 1/3.
Kill comp. 17/3:
Front edge of upper part of leg (?); h., 3.5 cm.
Fragments of frame, glazed on four sides, ends broken off:
K III center:
Section, 9 X 5.5 cm.
K III A:
Side-board, three fragments.
Kill A:
Section, 12 X 7 cm.; end glazed, length, 14+ cm.
K III comp. 1/3:
End-piece as preceding.
Kill DD:
Four fragments, section, 9-11 X 5.5-7 cm.
Kill comp. 4/3.
Five fragments.
K III comp. 5/3:
Four fragments.
K III comp. 6/1:
Fragment.
K 320:
Corner of end of side-board.
K 338:
Fragment.
p. 107, mentions also a boat-model and a sphinx (18 inches long), but he gives no reference,
and I am unable to find the record of these objects. But in any case, all the larger glazed
stone objects recorded from the whole of Egypt from sites previous in date to the New
Kingdom cannot compare in number, size, or workmanship with the collection gathered at
the one site of Kerma. Nor do all the recorded glazed stone beads of Egypt begin to equal
in number those of the first four tumuli at our site. These facts show to what an extraordi-
nary extent the glazing of stone was carried on at Kerma. The art, closely connected with
the making of blue faience, was probably understood, even if seldom practiced, wherever
in Egypt faience-making was understood. It was brought to Kerma with the other Egyp-
tian crafts, and favored by an abundant supply of copper oxide, of quartz, of crystal, and
of fuel, reached its climax, along with faience-glazing, in the early years of the colony.
1. BED OF BLUE-GLAZED QUARTZITE
Fragments of a bed of blue-glazed quartzite were found in K III and registered as
follows:
K III comp. 4/3:
Upper part of leg.
Kill comp. 17/3:
Fragment of leg; h., 8.5 cm.
Lower part of leg; h., 15.3+ cm.; length of hoof, 7.7 cm.; width of hoof, 5.3 cm. Photo.
B. 2299. Pl. 37, 1/3.
Kill comp. 17/3:
Front edge of upper part of leg (?); h., 3.5 cm.
Fragments of frame, glazed on four sides, ends broken off:
K III center:
Section, 9 X 5.5 cm.
K III A:
Side-board, three fragments.
Kill A:
Section, 12 X 7 cm.; end glazed, length, 14+ cm.
K III comp. 1/3:
End-piece as preceding.
Kill DD:
Four fragments, section, 9-11 X 5.5-7 cm.
Kill comp. 4/3.
Five fragments.
K III comp. 5/3:
Four fragments.
K III comp. 6/1:
Fragment.
K 320:
Corner of end of side-board.
K 338:
Fragment.