Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 · London, Edinburgh : T. N. Foulis · leaf 222
of fancy forms appeared—doublevases, square bottles, fish, birds, or women weremodelled ; and as the whole pottery was handmade,such were no more difficult to make than circularforms. On coming to the I st dynasty the forms were 126 THE POTTERY more clumsy, such as that marked I; and some ofthe… … XVllI XIX XXVI RO and became almost extinct by the Ilird dynasty.In the pyramid age some neatly-made pottery isfound; thin sharp-brimmed bowls were usual, andthe form marked V, with a sharply pointed base,was peculiar to this time. By the XIIth dynasty theglobular or drop-shaped pot was the…
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