STORE POTTERY OF THE MEDø EVAL TOWN OF SHAMKø R

Abstract

Store pottery is represented mainly by household jugs - kyups, which served to store food and liquids. They had a flat, round bottom, a pear-shaped or ovoid body, a low, wide or tall, cylindrical throat, a coronet bent outward. There are jugs (kyups) with or without handles. Jugs (kyups) were formed from 3-5 parts. The surface of the connecting parts is covered with plucked molded belts, which were a strengthening and decorative element. In the decoration of kyups used linear ornaments, stucco and stamped ornaments. Juqs with a polished surface with red paint is quite typical for Arran seramic school, especially, for the Shamkir ceramic senter. They are decorated with stamped belts with the images of animals. Goats, deer, Dogs, horses, birds and fish are most often used in different compositions; the tree of life fraqment while depictions of human beings are rare. Juqs with a polished surface with red paint is quite typical for Arran seramic school, especially, for the Shamkir ceramic senter. They are decorated with stamped belts with the images of animals. Goats, deer, dogs, horses, birds and fish are most often used in different compositions; the tree of life fraqment while depictions of human beings are rare. Similar ceramics are also known from Old Ganja and Beilagan. Among the container ceramics there are vessels with a wide neck, barrel-shaped body with handles on the shoulders. The brachial part of these vessels is richly decorated with geometric patterns, engraved, painted, impressed, incised and molded.