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Author: Colin Hope

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Clay was used for a myriad of functions in ancient Egypt, of which one of the most
important was the production of pottery vessels. The manufacture of pattery has a historY
ot over five thousand years in ancient Egypt, this book concentrates on that from the tinme ot
the first pharaohs, approximately 3000 BC, to the conquest of Alexander the Greal in 332
BC.: Pottery was used for vessels which served a wide variety of functions, includin9
everyday cooking and domestic purposes, Storage of cosmetics and oils, the storage and
transport of food and drink, and use in temple and funerary rituals. While the majority of the
pottery from ancient Egypt is plain and utilitarian, potters decorated ves sels with elaborate
designs incorporating a wide range of motifs, and produced numerous types of tancy
forms' such as vessels in the form of humans, animals and birds. The Egyptian potters were
highly skilled in their craft and produced an enormous variety of vessels. Using information
drawn trom such diverse sources as tomb reliefs and insciptions, as well as the large
amount of pottery from pharaonic Egypt that survives today, this book examines the
techniques of pottery manufacture, types of decoration and the function of pottery in that
sOciety. The hístorical develapment of Egyptian pottery is outlined and its role in
Egyptology today is examined.
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