Abstract The article publishes eleven graffiti from the Olbian Agora, marking pottery owned by polis (Yu.G. Vinogradov has published photos of six objects). On one vessels word πόλεως̣ is written in its full form, on others it represented abbreviations ΠΟ and ΠΟΛΕ . collection includes ten imported black-glazed Attic production (the location four them currently unknown, description given basis a...

Copper, gold, and silver artefacts, together with evidence of metallurgical activities, have been retrieved from Late Neolithic strata in several settlements Greek Eastern Macedonia. Recent excavations at Dikili Tash revealed that gold was further used paints for the decoration pottery. It appears area’s inhabitants had a great familiarity different metals distinct stages production-elaboration...

Pottery is an art craft made from clay which besides having a high use value also has pretty good aesthetic value. business existed in Indonesia since ancient times until now. This deficiency the production machine part, where still uses human power as main driving force during rotation pottery making process. Therefore, modification of better turning needed to support business. The design this...

with the development of the silk road in early islam, the pottery art of northern and north-eastern parts of iran were affected by imported chinese pottery. at that time, the most common way of glaze decoration in china was a method called “sancai” which found its way to iran through this business route and became a source of imitation for iranian artists. in this technique, known as glaze, the...

The classification of pottery as found in many archaeological sites around the world is a time consuming and often tedious task which can take months and even years for a single site. Many of the seemingly less interesting artifacts simply disappear into storage unclassified. Automating the classification of pottery would hence be a welcome help for many archaeologists, freeing them from routin...

As part of the community service program between Muria Kudus University and pottery craftsmen in Mayong Lor Village, Jepara, Central Java, a 30-cm mortar molding machine was provided to with an aim increase production diameter – leading local product Village area as well means educating on their development. This article discusses process before after use describes prototype machine. The author...