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POTTERY
501
Taking now the nine most fully preserved of the subordinate archaeological groups, the
Percentage Tables present the following facts:
Tumulus
Fine wares
Per cent.
Egypt, wares
Per cent.
Coarse local
Per cent.
Total
Kill
90.4
7.11
2.48
100.0
KIV
86.7
10.7
2.6
100.0
KX
83.8
13.1
3.1
100.0
K XIV+XV
78.8
16.47
4.71
100.0
K XXXIIIA
85.2
3.3
6.0
94.5
KXVI
50.2
18.56
31.22
100.0
K XVIII
55.4
25.0
19.6
100.0
KXIX
45.8
27.1
27.1
100.0
KXX
35.6
3.4
61.0
100.0
Totals
79.69
11.47
8.42
99.58
R. W. special (K XXXIIIA)
0.42
100.0
It is to be remembered that the ten beakers of R. W. in K XXXIIIA cause me some
difficulty. They are, in fact, so unusual, being poor ceremonial imitations of the fine
beakers, that they cannot well be brought into the Percentage Tables at all. According
to the conclusion which I have reached in the discussion of K XXXIIIA, that deposit
came from K XVI, and the material from the two should be combined to form one archaeo-
logical group. If, therefore, K XXXIIIA be combined with K XVI, the above list takes
the following form:
Tumulus
Fine wares
Per cent.
Egypt, wares
Per cent.
Coarse local
Per cent.
Total
Kill
90.4
7.11
2.48
100.0
KIV
86.7
10.7
2.6
100.0
KX
83.8
13.1
3.1
100.0
K XIV+XV
78.8
16.47
4.71
100.0
K XXXIIIA+XVI
65.39
11.93
20.29
97.6
K XVIII
55.4
25.0
19.6
100.0
KXIX
45.8
27.1
27.1
100.0
KXX
35.6
3.4
61.0
100.0
Totals
79.69
11.47
8.42
99.58
The former list presents, in the column of the fine wares, a great break between
K XXXIIIA and KXVI, dividing the nine tumuli into two groups. The forms of the pot-
tery, however, show a nearly unbroken succession and certainly no considerable interval
between K XXXIIIA and K XVI. Now, in the discussion on K XXXIIIA, I have given
what appear to me to be very good reasons for adding that deposit to the pottery from
K XVI. The effect of this procedure is shown in the second table to establish a regular
progression in the changes of the percentages of fine wares, exactly corresponding to that
in the changes of the forms, materials, and technique of the different wares. The sharpest
change in percentage falls now between KXIV+XV and K XXXIIIA +XVI; and the
difference between the figures at this break is only 13.4 points, instead of the former 35
points. It is, however, probable, in view of the large proportion of Egyptian wares in
501
Taking now the nine most fully preserved of the subordinate archaeological groups, the
Percentage Tables present the following facts:
Tumulus
Fine wares
Per cent.
Egypt, wares
Per cent.
Coarse local
Per cent.
Total
Kill
90.4
7.11
2.48
100.0
KIV
86.7
10.7
2.6
100.0
KX
83.8
13.1
3.1
100.0
K XIV+XV
78.8
16.47
4.71
100.0
K XXXIIIA
85.2
3.3
6.0
94.5
KXVI
50.2
18.56
31.22
100.0
K XVIII
55.4
25.0
19.6
100.0
KXIX
45.8
27.1
27.1
100.0
KXX
35.6
3.4
61.0
100.0
Totals
79.69
11.47
8.42
99.58
R. W. special (K XXXIIIA)
0.42
100.0
It is to be remembered that the ten beakers of R. W. in K XXXIIIA cause me some
difficulty. They are, in fact, so unusual, being poor ceremonial imitations of the fine
beakers, that they cannot well be brought into the Percentage Tables at all. According
to the conclusion which I have reached in the discussion of K XXXIIIA, that deposit
came from K XVI, and the material from the two should be combined to form one archaeo-
logical group. If, therefore, K XXXIIIA be combined with K XVI, the above list takes
the following form:
Tumulus
Fine wares
Per cent.
Egypt, wares
Per cent.
Coarse local
Per cent.
Total
Kill
90.4
7.11
2.48
100.0
KIV
86.7
10.7
2.6
100.0
KX
83.8
13.1
3.1
100.0
K XIV+XV
78.8
16.47
4.71
100.0
K XXXIIIA+XVI
65.39
11.93
20.29
97.6
K XVIII
55.4
25.0
19.6
100.0
KXIX
45.8
27.1
27.1
100.0
KXX
35.6
3.4
61.0
100.0
Totals
79.69
11.47
8.42
99.58
The former list presents, in the column of the fine wares, a great break between
K XXXIIIA and KXVI, dividing the nine tumuli into two groups. The forms of the pot-
tery, however, show a nearly unbroken succession and certainly no considerable interval
between K XXXIIIA and K XVI. Now, in the discussion on K XXXIIIA, I have given
what appear to me to be very good reasons for adding that deposit to the pottery from
K XVI. The effect of this procedure is shown in the second table to establish a regular
progression in the changes of the percentages of fine wares, exactly corresponding to that
in the changes of the forms, materials, and technique of the different wares. The sharpest
change in percentage falls now between KXIV+XV and K XXXIIIA +XVI; and the
difference between the figures at this break is only 13.4 points, instead of the former 35
points. It is, however, probable, in view of the large proportion of Egyptian wares in