This volume presents the blue-painted pottery from the EES excavations
at Kom Rabia, one of the few specific site collections that spans the
entire period of manufacture of this distinctive type of ceramics. All
of the fragments studied by the author are presented within their find
contexts arranged according to the main chronological phases into which
activity at the site can be divided. Despite the fragmentary nature of
the material, which does not permit a detailed discussion of its
morphological evolution, it does enable a comparison of the decorative
motifs with material from other major sites such as Amarna, Karnak,
Malkata and Qantir. From this, it is possible to assess whether there
was a Memphite production centre and how the Kom Rabia assemblage
compares qualitatively and quantitatively to the others. The volume
presents the first comprehensive multi-site listing of the decorative
motifs.