The Survey of Memphis X: Kom Rabia: The Blue-Painted Pottery (Excavation Memoir)

Pt. 1. The Archaeological Report -- [pt.] 2. Kom Rabiʻa: The New Kingdom And Post-new Kingdom Objects / Lisa Giddy -- [pt.] 3. Excavations At Kom Rabia (site Rat) : Post-ramesside Levels And Pottery / David Aston And David Jeffreys -- [pt.] 4. Kom Rabia : The New Kingdom Pottery / Janine Bourriau With A Contribution By Kathryn Eriksson -- [pt.] 5. Kom Rabia : The New Kingdom Settlement (levels Ii-v) / David Jeffreys ; With Contributions By B. Driskell And N.j. Preston -- [pt.] 6. Kom Rabi'a : The Late Middle Kingdom Settlement (levels Vi-viii) / Lisa Giddy -- [pt.] 7. The Hekekyan Papers And Other Sources For The Survey Of Memphis / By David Jeffreys -- [pt.] 8. Kom Rabia : The Middle Kingdom And Second Intermediate Period Pottery / By Janine Bourriau And Carla Gallorini -- [pt.] 9. Kom Rabi'a : The Objects From The Late Middle Kingdom Installations (levels Vi-viii) / Lisa Giddy -- [pt.] 10. Kom Rabia : The Blue Painted Pottery / Colin A. Hope ; Assisted By Bruce E. Parr By D.g. Jeffreys ; With A Preface By H.s. Smith. Part 8 Includes Cd-rom Of Appendices. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. This volume presents the blue-painted pottery from the EES excavations at Kom Rabia, one of the few specific site collections that spans the entire period of manufacture of this distinctive type of ceramics. All of the fragments studied by the author are presented within their find contexts arranged according to the main chronological phases into which activity at the site can be divided. Despite the fragmentary nature of the material, which does not permit a detailed discussion of its morphological evolution, it does enable a comparison of the decorative motifs with material from other major sites such as Amarna, Karnak, Malkata and Qantir. From this, it is possible to assess whether there was a Memphite production centre and how the Kom Rabia assemblage compares qualitatively and quantitatively to the others. The volume presents the first comprehensive multi-site listing of the decorative motifs