زخرفة الباربوتين على ستة أواني فخارية رومانية مصرية لم تنشر من قبل

Abstract EN

Barbotine decoration is a kind of high relief decoration, that appeared on many thin-walled pottery wares, specially drinking ware.

It first appeared outside Egypt in the Neolithic period, then the early and Middle Minoan period, and the Roman period, whereby it did not seem to appear in the Classical and Hellenistic Period.

Inside Egypt, it appeared only in the Roman period, namely in the first and second centuries A.

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The styles of Barbotine decoration on wares generally varied in the form of protuberances, splotches, thick patches, dots or cloves, ivy decorations and foliage emanating clusters of grapes.

However, the most prevalent decoration style was dots.

The Barbotine decorations in Egypt during the Roman period were confined to the geometric decorations in the shape of dots.

The Barbotine decoration mostly fills most of the area of the ware, where it is the only and principal decoration.

In some wares, it is only one part of the decoration.

This study aims to shed light on an important kind of decoration, to recognize its relevant kinds of decorative styles, and to bring to light some of the unpublishedBarbotine decoration wares inside Egypt.