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There are 130 objects for which Decoration contains → slip
11.10.3 Squatting satyr, with large phallus, hands across stomach. Whitish/pale yellow clay, with traces of pinkish-red slip all over. Back not moulded. Resting surface curved in a horseshoe shape. Facial features mostly distinguishable. Satyr wears an angry expression.
13.10.20 White slip on brown clay.
13.10.39 White slip, traces of red on tips of ears, mane, forelock and muzzle.
13.10.9 Part of handle missing. White slip, with straight and wavy linear patterns in black. Cross in circle on base.
14.9.114 Small areas of white at the top of the right thigh, and to the left of feet, suggest that the figure was coverd with white slip (painted?).
14.9.120 Body of cock. Small hole underneath. Traces of white slip.
14.9.123 Red clay with white slip, orange-red glaze. On shoulder part of harp and two narrow bands. On body broad band 1.3 cm wide, and close beneath it second band 0.5 cm wide.
14.9.15 Part of base and side of vessel with a white core. The interior surface is pink. Exterior surface is white with horizontal stripes on right half in red, and red line at base of side all on a white slip. What is the base is apparently reserved.
14.9.22 Red clay with white slip on both sides and decorative red stripes, angled like very open chevrons, on outside. Inside, trace of red across on corner perhaps evidence of lost interior design. No finished edges so it is a middle piece.
14.9.23 Red with white slip on both sides and traces of red decoration on the exterior surface with a band and then a band with design attached to it. On the interior surface is a red line down one side with a whte 'S' on it. No finished edges.
14.9.24 Pink with white slip on both sides. Thick wavy stripes on both sides which have points and almost look like very close zigzag.Bands of red are uneven and irregular as they were drawn by hand. One finished edge which is thinner, denoting a rim.
14.9.29 Pink surface with white slip on each side. Linear decoration in red. Outside is horizontally striped and inside is half red with half the surface with white diagonal stripes. The fragment is a middle piece as there are no finished edges.
14.9.41 Pinkish clay with black paint. Outer surface has a narrow band at rim above two rows of dots between thin bands with plain bands below. Interior surface has a creamy-yellow slip.
14.9.6 Geometric patterns including crosshatching and diamond patterns in black paint on white slip. Short black lines on rim and interior of lip.
14.9.73 Pale slip; interior: black, with added red band lined in white; exterior: animal frieze decoration consisting of two goats grazing to left (one hind leg with added red of one and head with antlers, neck with added red, and forelegs of second remaining); crosses, stars, and pinwheel rosette as filling ornament; below, black band above band in added red.
2005.3.16 Black, section with white slip, interior black which has been fired to a dark brown
2005.3.19 Black on exterior and interior, white slip is also visible on exterior
2005.3.28A-B A: Whitish slip with bands of decoration, zigzags in added red and straight lines in brown. Interior has a wide band of red at rim, rest is white slip, possibilty of an interior ornament, circular shape in red visible at edge of fragment. B: exterior and interior same as A.
2005.3.33 White slip with added red decoration, red lines still visible as well as a patch of red at the edge of the fragment
2005.3.36 White slip, zigzag and line in added red, possible bands on interior
2005.3.38 Interior, band of added red, exterior, white slip with vertical line above a horizontal line at rim and lines below all in added red
2007.4.91 White slip with parallel brown lines painted on
2008.7.167 Exterior: beige slip overpainted by remnants of three parallel horizontal reddish-brown lines; rim: probably had one reddish-brown line; interior: beige slip overpainted by vertical reddish-brown designs, not quite linear.
2008.7.183 Exterior: beige/white slip with one black line overpainted; interior: brown/black slip.
2008.7.184 Exterior: reddish beige slip overpainted by 11 horizontal thin red lines
2008.7.185 Exterior: brown(?) slip overpainted by a geometric pattern of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal black(?) lines; could also be white(?) lines.
2008.7.186 Exterior: beige/white slip, overpainted by one horizontal maroon lines, traces of black decoration on the very bottom of the fragment. Base(?): continuation of the beige/white slip from the side. Interior: black glaze; continues down onto the interior of the base(?) as well.
2008.7.187 Exterior: possible brown slip, entire surface is a series of parallel ridges.
2008.7.23 Exterior: beige slip overpainted by two parallel horizontal thick (0.6) brown lines outlined in black, two thick curved brown figures outlined in black, one small egg-shaped black mark. Interior: bottom third dark-brown to black, upper two thirds probably reddish-brown but heavily chipped and worn.
2008.7.24 Exterior beige slip overpainted by 12 parallel horizontal reddish-brown lines of uniform thickness (0.1). Interior reddish-brown slip.
2008.7.3 9 parallel lines of brown slip beside which there is black glaze. Brown slip on sides of fragment
2008.7.37 Exterior has a light reddish-brown slip overpainted by six thin horizontal parallel red lines.
2008.7.6 Light yellow slip as relief patterns surrounded by darker orange slip for highlights. Lines with possible archs and possible figures.
25.8.7 Seated woman (or goddess). Hollow. Back flat, slightly tilted. Clay fired to dark grey. White slip all over. Pink on hair, lips, chiton, yellow on cloak.
26.12.33 Decorated with black slip inside and out; dipped. The base is reserved except at the edges where drip marks extend over it.
26.2.11 pale slip; interior: black with red band lined in white; exterior: top of rim glazed; pinwheel rosette preserved in zone below;
26.2.14 pale slip; interior: reserved band at top of lip; below, black; top of lip glazed; exterior: lip and handle zone reserved, with black line between; lower wall glazed; black around root of handle; at right of sherd, part of inscription;
26.2.17 pale slip; interior black; exterior: band just below rim; below, to left, part of eye motif with rosette fill; to right, lotus bud and part of a palmette; below, wide black band with added white line;
26.2.19 pale slip; interior: reserved at top of rim; black below, with band in added red lined in white; exterior: frieze of vertical black bars with added red at rim; below, black band above black-figure animal frieze: at left, part of lion or sphinx (rump and tail remaining) to left; on the right, part of large palmette with added red; dashes, star, and dots as filling ornament.
26.2.20 white slip; interior: black with added red band lined in white; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of lion with added red on neck and belly (head, legs, and part of tail missing) to left; pinwheel rosette, dots, and dashes as filling ornament.
26.2.21 white slip; interior: black; exterior: at left, a part of springing goat (only underbelly remaining) to left; decorative motif consisting of half pin-wheel rosette and part of one spoked rosette and a cross as filling ornament; below, frieze of dots between two wide black bands with added red band lined in white.
26.2.22 white slip; interior black with added red band lined in white; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of feline (hind claw, belly, and right forleg joint remaining) to right; half pinwheel rosette and one splinter rosette as filling ornament; below, maeander frieze between wide black bands; at bottom of sherd, tips of possible tongues or dot frieze. Rough drill hole.
26.2.23 white slip; interior glazed black with part of three bands in added white; exterior: black maeander pattern above two wide black bands;
26.2.25 pale slip; interior black with added red band lined in white; exterior: narrow metopal frieze of crosses, diagonal dashes and squares between two wide red-fired zones.
26.2.26 pale slip; wide black band with added red line on top of rim; interior: set of petals in black and added red ; to the centre, two wide black bands, each with band in added red lined in white; exterior: four blackbands;
26.2.27 pale slip; interior: black band on short up-turned rim, extending slightly inside; on floor, from outside, key maeander frieze; black band with added red band lined in white; large black dot rosette; further similar band; exterior: accidental black line extending from rim; four narrow black bands and wide band;
26.2.29 white slip; interior: unclear decorative motif, possibly part of black lotus flower petal; to the centre, dotted triangular pattern with dot and cross as filling ornament; exterior: two bands fired orange-brown;
26.2.30 Outside, a band below the rim, three lower down, faded black on greyish-buff clay. Inside, on a thin pale slip, large dots on the flat rim, a broad black band with thinner bands of red (and white?) superimposed, and what might be the top of a horse's head to left, showing the beginning of the eye on the extreme left, the ear in the centre, and the main impinging on the framing broad band.
26.2.32 Red painted designs on cream-buff slip on orange red clay. On the underside on the rim there are four .5 wide dashes at one side and a 2 horizontal bar at the other while on the underside body there are four red bands following the contours of the dish all between 1 and 3 apart. On the topside, from top to bottom are four verticle bars alternating with 9 dot rosettes on rim, of which survive from left to right two verticle lines, nine dots, four verticle lines, and nine dots before the fragment ends. On the top of the face of the dish itself is a ca. 1.5 broad red band and below this is a zone of lotus flowers and buds with a final 1 broad band below.
26.2.33 Black (partly fired red) on thin creamy-buff slip. Outside, on edge of rim blobs; on body bands. Inside, on flat rim solid triangles and dots bordered by narrow bands of diluted black, on body key pattern; between this and the rim two bands, the outer and broader red, the inner black with thin, almost golden, inner edge.
26.2.34 pale slip; interior: frieze framed by bands with added red bands lined in white; three concentric circles with central dot, flanked to left by triple horizontal lines with petals either side, part of frieze; exterior: three black bands.
26.2.35 No finished edges. The underside has broad streaky black bands on pale buff slip with slightly raised moulding that must have encircled top of stem with a thin and feint band around it. Inside the dish, on pale buff slip, from top to bottom is the lower part of animal zone showing two hooved feet and grass. Below is a red zigzag between two white-red-white on black bands. Below and in centre of dish (now missing) is a rosette made of leaves with dots and spokes bewteen.
26.2.36 No finished edges. The underside is reserved but there is a small trace of a band in the lowest corner. The topside has possible traces of creamy slip. In the centre are six red on black alternating tongues and these are between two stalked and dotted rosettes. Above is the remains of a band with superimposed white and red on black and a similar band is below.
26.2.38 Glaze fired brown; pale slip; interior: from outside, part undetermined black fire decoration; black band; maeander frieze between two wide black bands with added red bands lined in white; exterior: ring foot glazed; on underside, two narrow bands.
26.2.39 No finished edges. On the underside of the dish fragment, on creamy-buff slip, are the slight remains of floral(?) zone above a black band thinned to golden brown at bottom with black rays and rough dots below that. The topside is onate with a meander pattern inside two bands at bottom of fragment with black above with white-red-white band superimposed. Above this band are red and white swirls surrounded by dots.
26.2.40 Underside, black, turning to red within the double foot-ring; resting surface reserved. Upper side, winged feline (with incisions and applied red markings in the shape of inverted commas on soulder and down foreleg) to right with left paw raised above what may be the tail of a sitting bird or siren, red and incisions on field ornaments. Cream slip. Bands of red and white superimposed on black.
26.2.41 pale slip; exterior: black band on ridge at neck join; below, animal frieze consisting of deer (head, forlegs, and rump missing) to left; four petalled rosette and dots as filling ornament; at right, decorative motif consisting of two vertical wavy lines (or tail of bull?); below, two lines.
26.2.43 yellowish slip; exterior: part of two animal friezes consisting of grazing goats, separated by band with aded red line; of upper frieze head, ear, antler and one foreleg of one goat and one hind leg of second remain, to right; part of dot rosette and lozenges as filling ornament; lower frieze preserves shoulder, back, and antler of one goat to left, with triangles and dot rosettes as filling ornament.
26.2.44 pale slip; exterior:frieze of tongues, some with added red; below, narrow band above frieze with floral motif consisting of part of large palmette and tendril; part of spoked rosette, dots, and dashes as filling ornament.
26.2.45 pale slip; exterior: from top, frieze of short tongues; below, part of large palmette and tendril decoration with part of spoked rosette and small crosses as filling ornament; below, three bands (one black, one in added white and one in added red)
26.2.46 pale slip; exterior: from top, part of frieze of tongues; below from left, black-figure decoration consisting of possibly part of a wing with added red; to right, part of large palmette with pinwheel and dot rosettes and dashes as filling ornament; below, black band with superimposed band in added white;
26.2.47 glaze fired orange-brown; pale slip; from top, black figure decoration, possibly a duck; maeander frieze between wide bands with traces of bands in added white and red; glazed area;
26.2.48 pale slip; exterior, from top: frieze with black-figure decoration consisting of breast and right foreleg of crounching feline to right; on right, possible blob rosette as filling ornament; below, wide black band with traces of bands in added white and red; below, animal procession to left in silhouette style (rump, tail, and part of hind legs of possible goat remaining); part two rosettes and dashes as filling ornament.
26.2.49 white slip; black-figure decoration consisting of confronted winged creatures (only breast with added red and leg of bird or siren to right, and breast with added red of bird or siren to left remaining); incised splinter rosettes and dots as filling ornament;
26.2.5 pale slip; interior: painted streaky black; exterior: top of lip black; two dot rosettes preserved below, above triple band;
26.2.50 white slip; exterior: below shoulder and neck join, frieze of tongues with added red; black zone at right below handle; below, wide black band with band in added white; frieze below in black-figure consisting of feline to left (part of back, rump, left hind leg and right hind thigh and tail remaining); dots and incised splinter rosettes as filling ornament; below, part of wide black band with bands in added white and red;
26.2.51 pale slip; exterior, from top: traces of undetermined decoration; band with added red and white lines; black-figure frieze of sphinxes (one with face and forelegs missing, and face, chest and forelegs of second remaining) to left; splinter rosettes and dots as filling ornament; below, second band, then frieze with animal procession in silhouette style consisting of goat grazing to left (horn, shoulders and back remaining); short vertical bars, dot, and maeander cross as filling ornament;
26.2.52 white slip; from top, frieze of tongues; narrow band (fired brown); black-figure decoration consisting of goat to left (rump with added red, one hind leg with added red, and part of tail remaining); large incised shaded rosettes as filling ornament.
26.2.54 cream slip; interior unslipped; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of sphinx (back and haunches with added red remaining) to right; incised rosette with red centre as filling ornament; below, two black bands above parts of five vertical tongues.
26.2.55 white slip; large brown palmette and tendrils and dot; below, dividing band consisting of short vertical bars between pairs of narrow brown bands; below, maeander and square pattern frieze.
26.2.56 white slip; interior: black at top with traces of two narrow bands in added white; on top of rim, maeander frieze; on edge of rim, short vertical bars; exterior: neck glazed; below ridge at shoulder and neck join frieze of short vertical tongues above black-figure frieze consisting of winged creature (only tip of wing remaining) to left; part of incised splinter rosette as filling ornament;
26.2.57 cream slip; on top of plate, two tendrils with buds separated by three horizontal bars; on rim, two narrow bands and tips of rays; edge of plate black; reserved on underside ; exterior of handle black;
26.2.58 pale slip; interior: black band at top of wall, reserved below; stepped maeander frieze on top of rim, edge glazed; black band below neck and shoulder join; on shoulder, large floral/star pattern at left; maeander or square pattern at right;
26.2.59 white slip; interior: reserved band at rim, glazed streaky black below; below, part of floral pattern in added white; exterior: below rim, Z band between pairs of bands; dipinto inscription on exterior.
26.2.60 pale slip; interior: reserved band at rim, glazed streaky black below, with lotus flower in added white and added red; exterior: band of short diagonal strokes between black (fired brown) band; below, top of undetermined motif.
26.2.61 white slip; interior: reserved band at rim, glazed streaky black below with part of lotus flower in added white and added red; top of lip glazed; exterior reserved;
26.2.62 white slip; interior: glazed streaky black (fired yellowish brown) with traces of single band in added white; exterior: painted decoration consisting of seated sphinx (part of belly and hind leg remaining), to left; below, pair of narrow glaze (fired brown) bands; below, in handle zone doble saw-edged metope pattern; at right, group of five vertical strokes; part of ancient repair hole on right edge of sherd.
26.2.65 yellowish white slip; interior: glazed black; near top of sherd, part of lotus flower in added white; below, part of two narrow white bands; exterior reserved.
26.2.67 white slip; interior glazed (fired greenish brown) with band in added red framed by added white lines; similar banding below, around floor motif of tongues interspersed with red dots, around white rings (centre lost); exterior: alternating bands in black and red.
26.2.69 pale slip; interior: glazed vlack with part of two bands in added white above part of rosette with red and white petals; exterior reserved.;
26.2.7 pale slip; interior black with band in added red, lined in white; top of rim black; exterior: left and bit of right eye with triangular brow;
26.2.70 white slip; interior: reserved band at rim, glazed black below; band of added white dots above frieze of petals in black and red lined in white; exterior reserved with one probably unintentional unslipped band.
26.2.71 whitish yellow slip; interior: reserved band at rim, glazed black below; dot frieze in added white between pairs of white lines; below, part of lotus bud in white and red; exterior: dot frieze (fired brown) at rim between narrow bands.
26.2.73 white slip; interior glazed streaky black with wide band in added red lined in white below rim; below, band in white above one in red; top of rim glazed; exterior: frieze of vertical black strokes at rim, some in added red; below, two narrow black bands; below, from left, part of possibly dot rosette; vertical band of dots between narrow vertical bands; painted decoration consisting of part of pendent lotus bud and part of lotus flower petal; dot rosette as filling ornament;
26.2.8 Buff Slip, inside in centre, a six-rayed star, red for black.
26.2.82 white slip; interior: tongue pattern at rim, some black, others with traces of added red; exterior: two bands above triple pomegranate pattern frieze with red dots on the fruit;
26.2.83 pale slip; interior: black-figure decoration consisting of part of Gorgoneion's head and hair with added red; exterior: from outside, parts of frieze of short verticals; black band; two narrow dilute bands; broad black band with added red and white bands on top; three dilute bands; dot frieze;
26.2.9 pale slip; interior black save tondo which has added red dot and ring; exterior: around lower body, parts of voided rays, or zig-zag; band at join of wall and foot; inside of foot glazed; on underside black band and central dot;
26.2.91 pale red slip; interior glazed black; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of winged creature, possibly a bird or siren with outspread wings (breast with added red and right wing remaining) to right; incised dotted rosette with red as filling ornament.
26.2.92 pale red slip; interior glazed black; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of animal frieze to left (hindlegs and part of belly of one deer or horse and legs and feet of winged creature); below, wide painted black band with added red band lined in white; cruciform rosette as filling ornament.
26.7.10 Woman in cloak, playing tympanum(beathing rympareum(?)). Head missing. Clay brownish-pink. White slip. Hollow, and oval hole in back.
26.7.3 Covered in white slip with traces of red on right arm and polos.
26.7.7 Surface covered with a white slip.
29.11.11 Female mask or protome; suspension hole in top. Clay brown, covered with white slip.
29.11.13 Traces of white slip.
34.10.15 White (?) slip has burned, and mostly flaked off.
34.10.17 Orange/buff clay. White slip, traces of red and black. Suspension hole blocked. Female protone / mask with long hair; almost straight across bottom. Label '115' inside.
34.10.18 Satyr, seated in chair. Completely hollow from bottom. Back slightly curved, traces of white slip. Front, red on white. Paper no. 22 on back.
34.10.19 Seated female. Hollow. Clay buff, traces of white slip.
34.10.21 Standing woman with high polos. White slip with traces of red / orange. Hollow, large rectangular opening in back. No relief sculpture on reverse side.
34.10.23 Figure is decorated on the front and the back of the head with a white slip, previously coloured.
34.10.24 Standing female (Leda), left leg slightly bent. Naked with cloak over left leg and held up behind by left hand; swan, with neck stretched upwards, held against right hip. Clay light brown. White slip, blue on cloak. Large rectangular opening in back. On the back of the base is a piece of paper with the number 140 written on it.
34.10.25 Standing female, left arm akimbo, right arm at side, holding jar, wearing long flowing robes. Large opening at back. Paper number 13. Clay pink. White slip.
34.8.3 Black mouth (despite flat reserved rim), exterior of handle, lower part of body, and top of foot. Neck reserved, as is underside of the handle. Two bands of tongues on shoulder. Body covered with firm white slip with Greek 'key' / meander to right at top of body, between two pairs of lines; single line. Side of foot reserved in groove at top.
45.10.16 Originally covered in a black slip. The top of the mouth is a darker brown, the inside and outside of the walls of the mouth are a darker colour.
45.10.21 (i) exterior mostly black slip with a small part of black line decoration. ii) small solid black slip decoration with more black lines.
45.9.2 The mouth, neck, handle are black. The body of the vase was treated with a white slip (colours probably indicated the straps of the sandal, yet such decoration only remains on the edges of the sole).
47.2.21 Three careless thick vertical bands of white slip, which start just below the join of the knob and the bell, and slip onto the underside of the bell; otherwise reserved. Striations on the inside and outside of the bell indicate that it was formed on a wheel, although the knob and striking ball were probably not.
50.12.13 Interior shows remnants of white slip. Exterior, although very worn, shows a band of black across the top and some wavy black lines are barely visible.
50.12.2 Fragment of wall of krater or other open bowl. Pale clay, white slip inside and out. Glaze yellow to brown for black. Interior broad black band. Exterior, bands of curved and straight lines.
50.12.25 Exterior: white slip decorated with net pattern in brown; interior: reserved.
50.12.3 Red slip inside and out; no other decoration.
51.1.3 All black except rim, which is covered with a whitish slip and decorated with a zone of stpe patterns framed by two lines above and below. Base reserved with two incised concentric rings.
51.4.5 Decoration in black and purplish-brown over a pale slip, with incised decoration on the back. At the top of the body is a broad band between two pairs of narrow bands. Above this is some evidence of a frieze of vertical bars. Below is a figural frieze, decorated at front with a geometricising bird flying profile to the right, holding a wavy line in his beak. He is surrounded by two crosses and two clusters of 8 dots (rudimentary rosettes) in the field. A floral decoration at the back is comprised of four interlocking palmettes, with purplish-brown petals and brownish-black hearts separated by incisions, with tendrils terminating in volutes emanating from either side of each sideways palmette. The lower part of the body is decorated with a thick black band between a pair of thin bands, above, and a thin band, below.
57.3.4 Decorated with white slip reddish-brown paint. Row of dots between narrow and broad horizontal band. Most of the fragment is taken up with three radiating lines, crossed with small bars. Below this is a broad curved line. The underside is reserved and the clay is ribbed.
58.2.5 Incised decoration on the spout and handle consisting of sets of lines. The shoulder is decorated with a set of dots within two incised lines. Red slip
65.6.1 The mouth (exterior and interior), larger upper part of the neck and the handle are black (uneven and at most areas reddish brown) apart from the upper surface of the rim, which is red. There is a grey line on the neck and the surface of the shoulder bears decoration of voluted palmettes with narrow divisions and tendrils, widely spread to fill the space. The upper part of the body bears a meander pattern between two pairs of brown lines (above and below). Every fourth meander the pattern is interrupted by a saltive cross with a dot on each one of the triangular surfaces around it. The meander pattern continues as far as the scene below it is depicted. Main scene: A young man, wearing underwear? is seated on his himation, at the left side of a two-stepped tomb or pedimental funerary monument (grave-stele). At the right of the scene, a woman wearing a black and red peplos is bringing offerings. There is a brown line below them and the rest of the vessel is black, with the exception of two exteremely thin lines that are reserved at the joining point of the foot to the body and the side surface of the foot that is red, although the slip has not been evenly applied on the whole of the surface. Lastly, the resting surface is reserved.
67.7.1 Standing male youth, nude. Grey, apparently from burnt grave; small depression in base. Traces of white slip, colour lost, but probably once red. Standing with arms by sides, elbows pressed back, legs apart, right knee slightly bent. Rectangular base. Paper slip marked 'Thebes' on back.
74.7.5 Female protome, burnt. Brown clay, covered with white slip. Suspension hole in top. Label on back 'Thebes' in P.N. Ure's writing.
78.12.22 Moulded ring around discus, within is a "Throx" gladiator in relief standing on base-line; helmet, shield, sword, top of greaves distinguishable. Moulded single volutes on either side of the nozzle shaft, at their termination are raised marks towards the base. A faint raised line next to the gladiator on the right. Red slip all over.
81.9.1 Surface decorated with red slip. Two narrow black bands around bottom of neck, with six sets of narrow black vertical bands (alternating from three to four) extending down from the neck to the base; each set of four bands has a vertical row of small circles down the centre.
83.10.1 Standing female figure in cloak, with halo-shaped hat (or hair style). Rectangular hole in back. Hollow. Right leg bent, right arm across breast. White slip on clothes and face, pink on head, and shoulders of garment.
87.2.1 Horse decorated with white slip on pale orange, with dark red (for black?) stripes on chest, legs, mane, tail, and harness. Head and mouth of the horse shows representation of bridle, with thin horizontal bands down the neck representing the mane. There are two horizontal bands around the main torso of the horse. Horizontal bands also decorate the legs, chest and tail of the horse figurine. Front legs are slightly projected forward, as are the rear legs backwards. The legs are straight and disproportionately long compared to the head and torso.
E.47.6.10 Pink clay with a white slip. Very rounded shoulders, tapering to flat base. Body striated. Two handles and narrow neck, with wide mouth. Spout on shoulder. Large piece broken out of one side.
E.79.2 Such an offering plate was placed in a tomb to provide food for the deceased after death. The plate is oval in shape made with clay and a red slip. Offered here are two loaves of bread, a trussed bull and a leg of beef. The cross channel on the plate allowed the water that was ritually placed in the bowl to drain away down the hole. The water was placed there to moisten the food and provide a kind of magical soup for the deceased.
REDMG:1953.25.102 Recumbent lion, with head turned to the right. Pale orange clay, with inclusions; surface has traces of white slip.
REDMG:1958.113.1 Indication of white slip
REDMG:1964.1604.1 Orange-red slip, grey in places, especially on the interior.
REDMG:1964.1703.1 Deep red colour inside and out and a black slip. Outward curving rim and a long neck. Two incised bands around shoulder. Body tapers to foot which then flares out to flat base. Object does not stand straight due to uneven base.
REDMG:1964.1705.1 Flaring lip tapering to straight cylindrical neck. Two small round vertical handles (string-holes) at base of neck, joining almost spherical body. Black slip but fired red on the base. Some incised decoration representing segments, with dotted infill.
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