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they were made; and finally, some were simply rude handmade pots. Some of the bowls,
and the lower half of all the larger vessels, appear to have been formed in a hollow recep-
tacle, a basket or a cloth bag, or perhaps sometimes in a leather bag. The print of the bas-
ket or bag has in many cases been left, but in others was more or less obliterated by the
process of smoothing. When considered together, these wares are all found to be black
in the break, with a matt-black, a black, or a grey-black interior surface; but the outside
surface and the grain of the ware vary considerably. On the basis of these variations, which
correspond in many cases with differences of form, I have subdivided the coarse wares as
follows:
1. Blk. W., a fine-grained black material, (a) with a dark brown surface often blackened by
soot, (6) with a black or grey-black surface, (c) with red surface.
2. B. M., also a fine-grained black material, usually like a poor kind of Bkt., with the black
surface of the interior overrunning the mouth (hence black-mouthed = B. M.), (a) with
thin red wash and poor polish, (b) pebble-smoothed.
3. C. R. W., a coarse-grained black material with a reddish or red-brown surface, wet-smoothed,
without straw-marks.
4. S. C., like C. R. W., but with a pebble-smoothed straw-marked surface.
5. B. C. R., like C. R. W., but with a thin red wash and a pebble-burnished surface.
6. B. C. R. J., like a thin B. C. R., but with incised decoration.
7. Blk. W. J., like Blk. W., but with incised decoration.
With the exception of Blk. W. XIII, XIX-2, and XXIII-1, all of which are well made,
none of these coarse ware vessels occurs in K III, and only a few in K IV and K X. The
series comes into full use in K XVI, and is found throughout K XVIII-XX, and in the
Nubian tumuli as far as K Cem. M. The most significant vessels in this connection are the
large baggy jars, which occur in C. R. W. and in B. C. R. wares. These appear to define
a well marked period in the history of the site. The part of this period which includes
K XVIII-XX is in turn separated from the Nubian graves by the presence of the degener-
ate Bkt. forms, Bkt. VI-VIII, while the second part, containing the Nubian graves, is
characterized by a special series of Bkt., Bkt. J., and R. P. vessels in the form of wide-
mouthed bulging pots. These wide-mouthed pots appear to have originated in the fine
forms of Bkt. XVII to XXII, and indeed a few examples occur of Bkt. J. as early as the
subsidiary graves in K III and K IV. They occur, however, infrequently, except in the
Nubian graves.
The examples of the wide-mouthed bulging pots are as follows:
Fig. 322, Noa. 1-7
Type
Distribution of examples
1.
Blk. W. XIX-2
fK 317: Ilf.
2.
Blk. W. XXIII-1
fK 310: 3f.
3.
Bkt. J. XXX-2
fK 334: 70f.
4.
B. C. R. X-l
fK 330: Ilf.
5.
Bkt. J. XXX-1
fK 426: xf.
6.
Blk. W. V-l
fK 406: 3f.
7.
B. C. R. XI-1
fK 426:1; 427:4f. Total —2.
Fig. 323, Nos. 8-10
8.
B. C. R. J. XIX-1
fK 420:26f.
9.
B. M. VIII-1
fK 1088: 5f, 7.
K 1618: x; 1627: 1. Total — 4.
10.
B. M. VIII-2
K 1627:x.
fK 3501:2f. Total —2.
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they were made; and finally, some were simply rude handmade pots. Some of the bowls,
and the lower half of all the larger vessels, appear to have been formed in a hollow recep-
tacle, a basket or a cloth bag, or perhaps sometimes in a leather bag. The print of the bas-
ket or bag has in many cases been left, but in others was more or less obliterated by the
process of smoothing. When considered together, these wares are all found to be black
in the break, with a matt-black, a black, or a grey-black interior surface; but the outside
surface and the grain of the ware vary considerably. On the basis of these variations, which
correspond in many cases with differences of form, I have subdivided the coarse wares as
follows:
1. Blk. W., a fine-grained black material, (a) with a dark brown surface often blackened by
soot, (6) with a black or grey-black surface, (c) with red surface.
2. B. M., also a fine-grained black material, usually like a poor kind of Bkt., with the black
surface of the interior overrunning the mouth (hence black-mouthed = B. M.), (a) with
thin red wash and poor polish, (b) pebble-smoothed.
3. C. R. W., a coarse-grained black material with a reddish or red-brown surface, wet-smoothed,
without straw-marks.
4. S. C., like C. R. W., but with a pebble-smoothed straw-marked surface.
5. B. C. R., like C. R. W., but with a thin red wash and a pebble-burnished surface.
6. B. C. R. J., like a thin B. C. R., but with incised decoration.
7. Blk. W. J., like Blk. W., but with incised decoration.
With the exception of Blk. W. XIII, XIX-2, and XXIII-1, all of which are well made,
none of these coarse ware vessels occurs in K III, and only a few in K IV and K X. The
series comes into full use in K XVI, and is found throughout K XVIII-XX, and in the
Nubian tumuli as far as K Cem. M. The most significant vessels in this connection are the
large baggy jars, which occur in C. R. W. and in B. C. R. wares. These appear to define
a well marked period in the history of the site. The part of this period which includes
K XVIII-XX is in turn separated from the Nubian graves by the presence of the degener-
ate Bkt. forms, Bkt. VI-VIII, while the second part, containing the Nubian graves, is
characterized by a special series of Bkt., Bkt. J., and R. P. vessels in the form of wide-
mouthed bulging pots. These wide-mouthed pots appear to have originated in the fine
forms of Bkt. XVII to XXII, and indeed a few examples occur of Bkt. J. as early as the
subsidiary graves in K III and K IV. They occur, however, infrequently, except in the
Nubian graves.
The examples of the wide-mouthed bulging pots are as follows:
Fig. 322, Noa. 1-7
Type
Distribution of examples
1.
Blk. W. XIX-2
fK 317: Ilf.
2.
Blk. W. XXIII-1
fK 310: 3f.
3.
Bkt. J. XXX-2
fK 334: 70f.
4.
B. C. R. X-l
fK 330: Ilf.
5.
Bkt. J. XXX-1
fK 426: xf.
6.
Blk. W. V-l
fK 406: 3f.
7.
B. C. R. XI-1
fK 426:1; 427:4f. Total —2.
Fig. 323, Nos. 8-10
8.
B. C. R. J. XIX-1
fK 420:26f.
9.
B. M. VIII-1
fK 1088: 5f, 7.
K 1618: x; 1627: 1. Total — 4.
10.
B. M. VIII-2
K 1627:x.
fK 3501:2f. Total —2.