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aar an its Extrna Rations:

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Aitionay, a sa wh-a boy shr baring a capri otif ay b

Wai uq in origin (Fig. 4.3). It is in a fin brown fabric, an has no sip,

though it is probaby fro th sa vss as a prviousy pubish shr

which shows two pairs of back paint gs in an un-sipp ara abov a

r-sipp pan (28). 2ooorphic signs ar known in th Wai u‫ﻭ‬

assbag, an th cosst para is with a shr fro Khatt (29), which

picts a capri in siiar pos. Capris, howvr, ar aso coon on no­

ranian an Harappan potty. Furthror, th tchniqu of sipp an

unsipp pans is charactristic of Jhukar an Lat orath Harappan

pottry.

h outhast Arabian Wai u‫ ﻭ‬Prio origin of th two ris is or

crtain. ogthr, thy rprsnt th ony Wai uq pottry yt intifi fro

Bahrain. Coparisons btwn atria foun in Bahrain an Wai uq

craics hav prviousy bn a (30), but sinc HOjun an Anrsn's

work at Qaa'at a-Bahrain it has bco car that ost or a of ths ar

fro ocay-a vsss, in iitation of Wai uq pottry. h coonst

typ of iitation Wai uq vss is a gobuar jar, sotis or aways

spout, baring oop coration or hatch triangs on its uppr boy

(aar typ 41, Oala'at typ B74). As w as fragnts fro aar (Fig. 4.4-

8), a copt xap fro a tuuus at A'ai is iustrat hr (Fig. 4.9).

HOjun an Anrsn not that this typ (B74) is an iitation of Wai uq

pottry (313. Goo fora an corav paras ar foun in nurous

Wai uq prio tobs an so sttnts ih outhast Arabia, for

xap at hia an Hii 8 (32). As w as bing in oca fabrics, such

vsss can aso b istinguish fro thir Wai uq countrparts by

frqunty bing han-a, by having a uch or iit corativ

rprtoir, an by having thir coration rstrict to th top haf of th

vss.

١n aition to th gobuar jars, Wai uq sty bakrs ay aso hav bn
iitat in Bahrain. Fig. 4.10 is a sktch of a bakr on ispay in th Bahrain
Nationa Musu, fro a tuuus at Haa own. It cou not b irctly
xain, so it is uncrtain whthr it is fro outhast Arabia or whthr it
is a oca copy. A vry xact para is avaiab fro a tob in th Wai uq
(33). Othr bakrs, fro Early Diun tobs at Dhahran on th aui
ainan, ay also b infunc by th Wai uq assbag, or ay vn
b irct iports (34).