The red wares were made without a potter's wheel like all pre-dynastic pottery. After giving them their form, which was sometimes unconventional (3), they were dried in the sun, sometimes covered with red ochre, and burnished with a stone. Thus a smooth shiny surface was achieved, which showed off better the native reddish colour of the clay. They were fired either in open fires or very simple kilns.
The black decorative upper rim and inside of the black-topped pottery possibly stem from smouldering chaff or other organic materials the pots were placed in upside down before or after firing [7].
During the Badarian and Amratian periods (3800-3400 BCE) they were often left without further decoration. Later on (Naqada II, ca 3300-3000 BCE) line drawings were sometimes scratched into the polished surface (2). These were mostly geometric patterns or hunting scenes.
The red wares were made without a potter's wheel like all pre-dynastic pottery. After giving them their form, which was sometimes unconventional (3), they were dried in the sun, sometimes covered with red ochre, and burnished with a stone. Thus a smooth shiny surface was achieved, which showed off better the native reddish colour of the clay. They were fired either in open fires or very simple kilns. The black decorative upper rim and inside of the black-topped pottery possibly stem from smouldering chaff or other organic materials the pots were placed in upside down before or after firing [7]. During the Badarian and Amratian periods (3800-3400 BCE) they were often left without further decoration. Later on (Naqada II, ca 3300-3000 BCE) line drawings were sometimes scratched into the polished surface (2). These were mostly geometric patterns or hunting scenes.
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