. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Uttie Stories of ANCIENT IH)TTERY The earliest record of pottery Is found In tiK- flrst book of Moses (Gen. xl., 2, 3), where it is said of the wandering families of men, iliat "as they .lourneyed from the east, they found a plain In the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another. Go to, let us make brick and burn them tbor- And they had brick for stone and slime for ; Men who knew how to iiiiike brick, of course, had pottery in other forms. The oldest bricks hitherto discovered were found at Warka
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Uttie Stories of ANCIENT IH)TTERY The earliest record of pottery Is found In tiK- flrst book of Moses (Gen. xl., 2, 3), where it is said of the wandering families of men, iliat "as they .lourneyed from the east, they found a plain In the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another. Go to, let us make brick and burn them tbor- And they had brick for stone and slime for ; Men who knew how to iiiiike brick, of course, had pottery in other forms. The oldest bricks hitherto discovered were found at Warka. They bear the name of King Urukh and a dedication to the moon, and are supposed to date 2200 B. C. Perhaps in nothing is the enduring cliaracter better illustrated than In the fact that on hrlcks of that date are vls- il)lo the marks of the feet of birds and weasels, which ran over them when tbey were lying in the sun to dry before baking. Among the most remark- able objects in pottery are coffins found by a Mr. Layard at Nltfer, and in vast numbers at Warkaw. by a Mr. Loftus, who says tUat this spot appears to have been a sacred burial place for a period of probably 2500 years. He found the burial mounds to be literally masses of the dead to the depth of tiO feet, and he estimated the depth to be 30 feet more. The custom seems to have been to make tUe lower part of the coffin, which received the body, and then place or mould over it the Ud and then bake the Jar with the enclosed remains. Mr. Loftus found numerous specimens in a form resembling an oval dish cover, the sides sloping out toward the base. These were from 4 to 7 feet long, 2 feet wide, and from 1 to 3 feet deep. But tli most interesting coffins were slipper shaped: tlie oval opening closed with a lid. These were ornamented with embossed fig- ures of warriors, in panels, the whole visible surface covered with a rich green enamel on the exterior, and blue within the aperture. The interior shows traces of red mattin
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