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Another plain ware present is a thin, ’’eggshell" ware. The identifiable
vessels encountered in these soundings are shown in Figures 60p-r. Gibson (1972)
has used this ware to mark the Neo-Babylonian through Parthian periods in the area
around Kish. McCown and Haines (1967) describe bowls resembling Figure 60p as
Achaemenid at Nippur, and Debevoise (1934) discusses Parthian varieties at
Seleucia-on-Tigris.

Miscellaneous Pottery
Various bases have been grouped as miscellaneous pottery forms for discussion.
Although certain of these have glazes, they do not seem to be restricted to either
plain or glazed wares. Bases from the Achaemenid-Seleucid-Parthian levels (K^-
Ostkammer) are shown in Figures 60h-k and s-v. Two of these are more diagnostic
than the others. Base 60j is present on both plain and glazed wares. When it is

Figure 60: Achaemenid-Seleucid-Parthian Pottery

a. 518.L, Pit 1, Level 3c; burnished red slip on buff ware.
b. 518.M, Pit 1, Level 3d; burnished red slip on buff ware.
c. 518.V, Pit IN, Level IV; burnished red slip on buff ware.
d. 518.BO, Profile, Level K«; burnished red slip on buff ware.
e. 518.N, Pit 1, Level 3e; wnite, crackled glaze on buff ware.
f. 518.BV, Profile, Kammer I; gray-buff slip on yellow buff ware.
g- 518.L, Pit 1, Level 3c; burnished red slip on buff ware.
h. 518.M, Pit 1, Level 3d; cream slip on light brown ware; shaved exterior.
i. 518.L, Pit 1, Level 3c; weathered green glaze on buff ware.
J- 518.M, Pit 1, Level 3d; dark brown slip on fine red ware.
k. 518.M, Pit 1, Level 3d; weathered white glaze on buff ware.
1. 518.0, Pit 1, Level 3f; dark red slip on red ware.
m. 518.0, Pit 1, Level 3f; buff slip on sand-tempered light brown ware.
n. 518.0, Pit 1, Level 3f; buff slip on red ware with white grits.
o. 518.BO, Profile, Level K«; buff slip on red-brown ware.
P- 518.0, Pit 1, Level 3f; fine, greenish-yellow, eggshell ware.
q- 518.L Pit 1, Level 3c; fine, light yellow, eggshell ware.
r. 518.M Pit 1, Level 3d; fine, gray ware.
s. 518.BO Profile, Level K^; dark gray slip on dark red ware.
t. 518.P Pit 1, Level 3q; straw-tempered, light brown ware.
u. 518.BO Profile, Level K3; weathered gray-green glaze on buff ware.
v. 518.0 Pit 1, Level 3f; cream slip on coarse sand-tempered red ware.