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(5) R. P. TYPES XVIII, XIX, XX, FLAT-BOTTOMED JARS

Fig. 278, Nos. 75-77
75.
76.
77.

Type R. P.
XVIII-1
XIX- 1
XX- 1

Distribution of examples
fK 338: xf.
fK XVIC:5f.
fKXB:lxvif.

The three jars, R. P. XVIII, XIX, and XX, are grouped together in spite of the dif-
ferences in form and size, simply because of the flat bottom common to all. In R. P. XIX,
the flattening of the base is too narrow to afford stability, but in both the others the base


is stable. For other flat-bottomed jars, see Bkt. XVIII, R. W. XI and XXI; but the
great majority of all vessels at Kerma have a rounded bottom as in Egypt in the Middle
Kingdom and New Kingdom.1

(6) R. P. XXI, XXII; NOS. 78-84, GLOBULAR WIDE-MOUTHED POTS. KERMA FORMS

Fig. 279, Nos. 78-80
Type R. P.
Distribution of examples
78.
XXI-1
fK IVB:37f.
79.
XXI-2
fK 320: xf.
fK 431: 1; 432: 4f.
Total —
3.
80.
XXI-3
K 316:2; 330:1; 338:x.
fK 405: If; 436: x; 439: 1.
Total —
6.

cemetery at Abydos. Petrie and Mace, Diospolis Parva, Pl. XXXVI, no. 145 (small), recorded by Mace from Cem.
YS. Garstang, Burial Customs, Pl. XV, Type no. 47, found in the Beni Hasan graves 67, 120, 125, 128, and 187,
dated to the Middle Kingdom.
1 Vessels of the form of R. P. XVIII, but of unmentioned material, are recorded as follows: Quibell, El-Kab,
Pl. XVI, no. 52, dated Dynasty XII. Petrie, Kahun, Pl. XII, no. 15, dated Dynasty XII.