单词 | ripple ware |
释义 | > as lemmasripple ware ripple ware n. Archaeology a style of Neolithic pottery characterized by rippled patterning, found esp. at Egyptian and Mediterranean sites; cf. rippled ware n. at rippled adj.2 Compounds, Badarian adj., redware n.2 ΚΠ 1909 Ann. Brit. School Athens 1907–8 14 286 That the beginnings of such a motive in pottery could (apparently) come without imitation of metal is suggested by the ‘ripple’ ware of Neolithic Knossos. 1931 Discovery Sept. 293/2 Objects from the earlier Badarian and Tasian cultures included well-preserved examples of the delicate black ‘ripple’ ware. 2004 D. Edwards Nubian Past iii. 61 At al-Kadada, ‘Ripple ware’ pottery comprised up to 70 per cent of the decorated wares. < as lemmas |
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