HorizontalArticle: Kilns and Firing StructuresBuilding UpwardsFigure 6. A firing at Deir el-Gharbi. The kiln is covered only by a layer of sherds and has no afixed dome. Note that the structure is built into a mound for insulation.
UnspecifiedHorizontalArticle: LeatherworkFigure 2. Artist’s impression of the individual buried in Tomb 9 (C-Group, Hierakonpolis), wearing a leather loincloth.
45 degreesCourtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society.Article: Kilns and Firing StructuresBuilding UpwardsFigure 1. Box oven excavated at Chapel 556 of the workmen’s village at el-Amarna.
Reproduced courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society.VerticalArticle: Faience TechnologyPressed in a Form/ModelFigure 2. Clay mold (left) for making a faience ring bezel (right). Note that the hieroglyphs are less clear on the bezel than in the mold. This is a common problem in faience manufacture
Article: Kilns and Firing StructuresBuilding UpwardsFigure 5. Covering the open top of a kiln at Deirel-Gharbi with sherds. These provide a degree of insulation and also serve to collect soot so that the finished vessels are not blackened.
HorizontalArticle: Cordage ProductionFigure 2. Two examples of plants used for cordage: dom palm (Hyphaene thebaica), Shellal (above); date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) (below)
WovenHorizontalArticle: LeatherworkingFigure 5. Top: Two examples of the construction of composite leather sandals of the Pharaonic Period: a series of layers sewn with sinew in a running stitch. Bottom: four types of stitching featured in Egyptian leatherwork. Not to scale.
HorizontalArticle: Cordage ProductionFigure 2. Two examples of plants used for cordage: dom palm (Hyphaene thebaica), Shellal (above); date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) (below)
HorizontalTechnique is “Multicolor Appliqué”2 cm x 1 cmArticle: LeatherworkingFigure 8. A technique of leather-decoration, favored in chariot leather: strips of colored leather sewn together in partial overlap, the top ones slightly narrower. Amarna, 18th Dynasty. Scale bar in mm.