Early Bronze I, II, and III Pottery

EBI POTTERY Red Slipped (PUA) Painted Bands (PUB) Grey Burnished (PUC) Grain Washed

Large assemblages found in tombs-NEW = Jugs/Juglets/ Spouted Vessels, Teapots, Platter-Ledge Handles (only EB)-Mickey-Mouse Handles (EB I and on)-Platter (EB II/III)-Holemouth jars cont. from Chalc but more dominant

PUA Red Slipped

Bright Red & Shiny

EBI BOWLS

Smaller compared to later counterparts-Decorated: adding new features (handles, spouts, knobs)-Ompholos Base - not flat but indented a little bit

EBI SPOUTED VESSELS TEA POTS

- V-neck on top of rounded body (unlike Wadi-Rabah culture which had rounded bowl on top of rounded body)

EBI HIGH HANDLED CUP (mickey Mouse ears)

PUB Painted Pottery

-White Clay or White Slip with Red Painted Lines/ Bands-Twin-vessels-L. Stager theorized style could be related to basketry

PUC Grey Burnished EBI

Limited typology-A lot of Chalices and V shaped-Some V-shaped have Carination- Rope plastic additions- decorative handles- Grey & Burnished

BAND SLIP/GRAIN WASH “PUD”

EBIB -Similar to PUB but sloppier paint job-Uneven, spread out paint, as if done w/ a branch-Style brought back in EBIII-On domestic vessels (mostly jars) and not usually on burial pottery

NARMER’S SEREKH (EBI Egyptian)

FLAT BASE BOWLS (Egyptian EBI Pottery)

TEARDROP VESSELS (Egyptian EBI Pottery)

CYLINDRICAL VESSEL (Egyptian EBI Pottery)

Flat Base

BREAD MOLDS (Egyptian EBI Pottery)

- Note Markings of symbols/writing

MEGIDDO (Egyptian EBI Pottery)

PLATTERS EBII

Platters become central forms in assemblage-Mostly small/medium in size-Pattern burnishing

HOLEMOUTH JARS (ROUND BASE AND FLAT BASE EBII

-FLAGSHIP Vessel of the Early Bronze Age especially with markings-Multipurpose (storage, cooking, prep)-Round Base more for cooking-Flat Base more common EBI

HOLEMOUTH JARS W/ EB POT MARKS EBII

-Became common in Early Bronze II-III-Possibly to indicate contents/producer-Canaanites were familiar w/ writing (Mesopotamia and Egypt) but it was an illiterate society - starting to use symbols-Marks are made pre-fire

PITHOS W/ MUSHROOM RIM EBII

-Typical storage jar (pithos) has s shaped rim = mushroom rim-Rope decoration around shoulder

BOWL JUGS EBII

- Bowls w/ a handle as if it were a jug

EB II-III Red Slip

-Red Slip and burnished in EB II and III-Particularly on jugs and juglets and sometimes smaller jars-Handle is smaller than mickey mouse

MORE EB II-III

-Knob handles on shoulder-Pithoi have rope decor around shoulder-Ledge Handles-Mushroom style rims-Rounded elongated body w/ FLAT BASE (MB bases become pointed)

EB II-III STORAGE JAR W/ PILLAR STAND/JUGLET REST

Pillar Stand is to hold a Dipper Juglet-Often has small hole leading back to jug-Red Slip-Ledge Handl

TEL YARMUTH PALACE POTTERY

-Large Platters-Large Stationary Pithoi w. Rope Shoulder decor and Mushroom Rim-Open Pithos w/ Knob Handles and multiple Vertical Handles

EB AGE HANDLES PLAIN WAVY WAVY AND INDENTED

- SIGNATURE to EB AGE (a little in IB gone by MB AGE)- Typically on Jars- Usually horizontal attached at middle of vessel TYPES: -Plain - flat piece attached to vessel-Wavy - pressed in-Wavy & Indented - folded in

METALLIC WARE (South Levantine Metallic Ware) EBII

EB II (declines EB III)-Mass produced-Metallic sound -Fired at high temp and is high quality (thinner)-One clay source (Hermon Mts)-Makes up 50-80% of n. assemblages in EBII -PATTERN COMBING (red slip and very little painting-Only type not made metallic style is Cooking

ABYDOS WARE

-JUGS & JARS = transport vessels coming from Israel into Egypt-Specifically found in Royal Tombs TYPICAL FEATURES:-painted shoulders w/ red friezes - Thick red slip and burnish

LATE ABYDOS WARE “ABYDOS JUG” EBIII

-EB III Late Abydos Ware - Jugs and Juglets w/ full Red Slip -Some with or without Stump Base

ABYDOS WARE

TYPICAL FEATURES:-painted shoulders w/ red friezes - Thick red slip and burnish

KHIRBET KERAK WARE EBIII

-Local/Handmade, fired at low temp-Non-local shapes: Hearths, Stands, Funnels, Lids -Slipped & Burnished (color controlled by fire)-Color Rule: if 2 colors red on inside black on outside-Inside= red (oxidizing)-Outside = black (reducing)-Clay brittle/not well made

KHIRBET KERAK WARE BOWL KHIRBET KERAK WARE LIDS EBIII

-Plastic Decoration (Spirals, Triangles), Geom. Incisions-Red/Black - Shiny/Smooth-Challenge to original theory that E. Anatolian group migrated here-Amnon Ben-Tor theory of potters migrating south - challenged that there is no trail of KKW heading here-Lids often knobs w/ holes

WEB BURNISHED PLATTERS EBIII

Interior Burnishing -Spider Web Pattern burnishing in EBIII-Platters supersized in EBIII