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HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
Type 1-6. Fragments of the above types
30. K X A, No. xiii; Photo. B 2434, 1/3. Inside: flower rosette. Outside: edge of bottom,
marked with a black ring from which radiate petals.
31. K X BM10; Photo. A 2177, 3/2. Rim. Pl. 46.
32. K X A, No. xiii; Photo. A 2177, 3/5. Rim. Pl. 46.
33. K XIV B; Photo. A 2177, 3/4. Rim. Pl. 46.
34. K I room Z. (Su 234.) Bird, inside.
35. KIVA (13-12-42).
36a. K IV B (13-12-90). Two fragments.
365. K XVIII A, No. xii (14-1-1166). Four fragments.
37. K XVIII A, No. xii (14-1-928).
(b) Type II. Bowl with ring-base:
The use of a raised ring around the edge of the base is rare in pottery of the Middle
Kingdom both in Egypt and at Kerma, and it is therefore not surprising to find it rare also
in faience. At Kerma, of the large number of vessels indicated by the fragments, only
three had a ring-base. Middle Kingdom forms of pottery with a ring-base are almost all
bowl forms — a bent-sided bowl (like Type I, above), a vertical-sided bowl, or a flaring
bowl. Entirely in agreement with this fact, the three faience vessels with ring-base found
at Kerma were bowls, and two of them were of the vertical-sided form (Fig. 182, nos. 3,4).
The third specimen was a fragment from the base of a bowl (Fig. 182, no. 5) which was
larger than the other two and ornamented after the manner of Type I. I suspect, therefore,
that it was from a bowl approximately of the form of Type I with a ring-base, and designate
it as Type II-l. The other two specimens (Type II—2) are decorated alike on the outside
of the vertical part, with a combination of concentric squares, but undecorated inside.
Type II-l. Bowl of Type I (?) with ring-base
38. K XI front debris (15-2-20); Photo. B 2434, 3/1 and 2. Inside: center-piece, small, miss-
ing; band of flowers; outline block-border; then an obscure band. Outside: geo-
metrical pattern within the ring; around the ring, a flower calyx (Fig. 182, 5).
Type II-2. Bowl with vertical sides and ring-base
39. K XIX, No. vii; Pl. 46, 1/1 and 2/1. A second fragment was found in another part of
the same mound and fits the first. Outside: a sixteen-pointed star within the ring;
above the ring, a row of narrow lobes; on the vertical part, a pattern of concentric
squares (Fig. 182, 3).
40. K XVI A, No. xv; Photo. A 2023, 2/2. Undecorated except for the pattern of concentric
squares on the vertical part (Fig. 182, 4).
(c) Type III. Thin rounded bowl:
Unfortunately only fragments of the rim of the thin rounded bowl were found, and the
reconstruction was problematical (Fig. 182, no. 6). One fragment had the curve and
the slight thickening characteristic of the thin pottery bowls with slightly contracted mouth,
but others were more like the hemispherical bowls. Both the inside and the outside were
decorated with finely drawn designs similar to the work on Type 1-5. In one example,
part of the main register was preserved. The others presented only portions of the rim-
bands.
HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
Type 1-6. Fragments of the above types
30. K X A, No. xiii; Photo. B 2434, 1/3. Inside: flower rosette. Outside: edge of bottom,
marked with a black ring from which radiate petals.
31. K X BM10; Photo. A 2177, 3/2. Rim. Pl. 46.
32. K X A, No. xiii; Photo. A 2177, 3/5. Rim. Pl. 46.
33. K XIV B; Photo. A 2177, 3/4. Rim. Pl. 46.
34. K I room Z. (Su 234.) Bird, inside.
35. KIVA (13-12-42).
36a. K IV B (13-12-90). Two fragments.
365. K XVIII A, No. xii (14-1-1166). Four fragments.
37. K XVIII A, No. xii (14-1-928).
(b) Type II. Bowl with ring-base:
The use of a raised ring around the edge of the base is rare in pottery of the Middle
Kingdom both in Egypt and at Kerma, and it is therefore not surprising to find it rare also
in faience. At Kerma, of the large number of vessels indicated by the fragments, only
three had a ring-base. Middle Kingdom forms of pottery with a ring-base are almost all
bowl forms — a bent-sided bowl (like Type I, above), a vertical-sided bowl, or a flaring
bowl. Entirely in agreement with this fact, the three faience vessels with ring-base found
at Kerma were bowls, and two of them were of the vertical-sided form (Fig. 182, nos. 3,4).
The third specimen was a fragment from the base of a bowl (Fig. 182, no. 5) which was
larger than the other two and ornamented after the manner of Type I. I suspect, therefore,
that it was from a bowl approximately of the form of Type I with a ring-base, and designate
it as Type II-l. The other two specimens (Type II—2) are decorated alike on the outside
of the vertical part, with a combination of concentric squares, but undecorated inside.
Type II-l. Bowl of Type I (?) with ring-base
38. K XI front debris (15-2-20); Photo. B 2434, 3/1 and 2. Inside: center-piece, small, miss-
ing; band of flowers; outline block-border; then an obscure band. Outside: geo-
metrical pattern within the ring; around the ring, a flower calyx (Fig. 182, 5).
Type II-2. Bowl with vertical sides and ring-base
39. K XIX, No. vii; Pl. 46, 1/1 and 2/1. A second fragment was found in another part of
the same mound and fits the first. Outside: a sixteen-pointed star within the ring;
above the ring, a row of narrow lobes; on the vertical part, a pattern of concentric
squares (Fig. 182, 3).
40. K XVI A, No. xv; Photo. A 2023, 2/2. Undecorated except for the pattern of concentric
squares on the vertical part (Fig. 182, 4).
(c) Type III. Thin rounded bowl:
Unfortunately only fragments of the rim of the thin rounded bowl were found, and the
reconstruction was problematical (Fig. 182, no. 6). One fragment had the curve and
the slight thickening characteristic of the thin pottery bowls with slightly contracted mouth,
but others were more like the hemispherical bowls. Both the inside and the outside were
decorated with finely drawn designs similar to the work on Type 1-5. In one example,
part of the main register was preserved. The others presented only portions of the rim-
bands.