Palace Wares from Nimrud Technical Observations on Selected Examples

Rawson, Philip

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“…The fact that the dimples were made after the surface was shaved indicates that the outer surface of the" pot was dampened to make the clay plastic again after it had dried to leather-hard. This treatment differs from its one known antecedent, the NeoAssyrian Palace Ware that was first discussed in the examination of the pottery from Nimrud (Rawson 1954). …”

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Eggshell Ware Pottery in Achaemenid Mesopotamia

Fleming¹

1989

Iraq

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Eggshell Ware Pottery in Achaemenid Mesopotamia

Fleming¹

1989

Iraq

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“…The term 'Palace Ware' was first used by Rawson in 1954 to refer to all the ceramics from the North-west palace at Nimrud (Rawson 1954). Archaeologists began to associate it with cultural constructs, particularly Neo-Assyrian power and prestige, reinforcing Petrie's earlier belief that the presence of Palace Ware outside the Assyrian core was indicative of Neo-Assyrian imperial occupation or administration (Rawson 1954).…”

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Searching for the potters behind the pots: re-examining the Tell Ahmar Neo-Assyrian ceramic assemblage

Jamieson

2024

Buried History

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Ceramic studies have been crucial to the development of archaeology. This paper is concerned with a re-examination of the pottery, and the potters, of Tell Ahmar (ancient Til Barsib), Syria. It focuses on the ceramics from the Australian excavations in the Middle City (Area C), especially the more than 250,000 items from the 7th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian Stratum 2. The Stratum 2 assemblage was readily grouped into seventeen ware types. The various wares reflect different production systems: some hand-made products were manufactured locally, possibly by individual households; other wares, characterised by high rates of uniformity, were probably produced by large-scale, centralised pottery industries; another ware group exhibits considerable investment in the application of different surface treatments, indicating specific uses. The Area C assemblage provides a rare opportunity to examine a large and relatively complete well-dated corpus. Observations and explanations relating to the technology of preparing, forming, decorating, and firing these ceramic vessels casts light on the circumstances of their manufacture and, in turn, on the potters behind the pots of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

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“…For example, there are similar vessel forms at Tell Ahmar among both fine ware and gray ware vessels (Jamieson 2000). The latter may be derived from the highly polished dark gray ware (Rawson 1954) in the Nimrud corpus, a ware which may have some relationship to the black ware in Jordan.…”

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Black-Slipped and Burnished Pottery: A Special 7th-Century Technology in Jordan and Syria

Daviau¹,

Graham²

2009

Levant

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Black burnished pottery is a unique fabric with a specialized surface treatment that can be assigned almost exclusively to the 7th century BC. In his classic study of pottery from Transjordan, Dornemann (1983) recognized the appearance of a fast wheel that allowed for the production of fine wares and certain forms that required expert skill. One result of this technology was the decline of red-slipped pottery and the development of light cream ware and black ware. At Tall Jawa (Jordan), black-slipped and burnished pottery reached its zenith in Stratum VII (late 8th-7th century BC; Daviau 2003). This black-slipped pottery has a dark gray fabric with a slightly darker slipped surface. The distribution of black-burnished pottery appears to be limited to the territory of the Ammonites in Transjordan, certain Phoenician sites, and sites in Syria. In certain instances, bowl forms from Tall Jawa suggest strong Assyrian influence and have close parallels with vessels from Nimrud that appear in a highly polished dark gray ware and with the gray wares at Tell Ahmar. At the same time, the majority of black-slipped vessels are local in form. This paper will investigate the petrographic composition of this pottery, techniques used to produce it, the forms in which this refined fabric appears, and its distribution in Jordan and Syria.

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Palace Wares from Nimrud Technical Observations on Selected Examples

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Eggshell Ware Pottery in Achaemenid Mesopotamia

Eggshell Ware Pottery in Achaemenid Mesopotamia

Searching for the potters behind the pots: re-examining the Tell Ahmar Neo-Assyrian ceramic assemblage

Black-Slipped and Burnished Pottery: A Special 7th-Century Technology in Jordan and Syria

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