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CLASSIFICATION |
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| Eastern Desert Ware (EDW) can be described macroscopically using a slightly adapted version of the classification put forward by Dr. Eugen Strouhal in 1984 on the basis of his finds in Wadi Qitna and Kalabsha South (Lower Nubia). In this classification there are eleven forms of the vessels as well as eleven different lay-outs of the decoration. The most significant difference with the original classification is the addition of the form 'jar / pot' (absent in the original system as almost all of the sherds are from relatively small cups and bowls) which replaces the 'footed bowl' as form H 3. The classes H 0, D 0, H 10 and D 10 have been added but do not fundamentally alter the system. | Some of the
H-classes are further divided into several sub-forms, indicated by 'a', 'b',
'c' or 'd' after the code indicating the main classification.
Other characteristics which are recorded include the decorative motifs, the method and direction of the decoration (mostly incised or impressed with a chisel or a triangular point working from left to right) as well as more usual characteristics as the color and the treatment of the surface (often wiped, smoothed or burnished with the decoration filled in with a white substance or emphasized with a red slip) and the (estimated) dimensions of the vessel (aperture, height and weight). |
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| Classification of EDW
according to vessel form (after Strouhal 1984): H 0 = Unknown
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Classification of EDW
according to decorative pattern (after Strouhal 1984): D 0 = Unknown / no decoration Prevalent EDW decorative motifs: Birds |
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Pottery production |
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