First and foremost ceramics served as household wares for the storage preparation transport and consumption of food drink and raw materials.
Ancient egyptian granite vases.
These tools could be rubbed by hand back and forth or in a circular motion in a set pattern across the surface of the stone object with or without abrasive.
The ancient egyptians made these tools out of a variety of rock types including granite basalt and sandstone clark engelbach 1930.
Such items include beer and wine mugs and water jugs but also bread molds fire pits lamps and stands for holding round vessels which were all commonly used in the.
We can read an inscription concerning imhotep which tributes him as the chief vase maker amongst his many titles.
It appears that vase making was a considerable post in ancient egypt.
Ancient egyptian pottery includes all objects of fired clay from ancient egypt.
Stoneware such as this has not been found from any later era in egyptian history it seems that the skills necessary were lost.
Mass produced lathe cut vases petrie submitted evidence that showed that the ancient egyptians used lathes.
Most 19th century archaeologists assumed the ancient egyptians only had crude hand tools.
Crystal vases made of solid quartz carved over 2 000 years ago with ancient technology.