T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 433

Hittite of the Mound. No polychrome ware. Lst. wheelmode, patterns ? in purplish black and (No.3) light red: r rough unpolished var(?) with very rude brush-strokes of paint. 2nd. wheel-made petrie polished, in red and black: no decora- tion, except for one piece in shiny blac ... ware, with incised herring-bone ornament over the shoulders Etc. The mushroom-pot tombs: wheelmode with hand-made stems: ? unpolished but ro... wor? in fine clay: five hard painted pat- terns, chevron or zig-rallel, a round, ... ? ... and so etc. 4th. "Trellis l...lous" shallow flat plates of polished buff body: stone-ware jars, and the "prent pot." The beginning of animal & goddess terracottas. These are all from the E.E. heading and cut: somewhere about 2. should be put in a layer of hand-made shallow cup-bowls, appar- ently ceremonial, since they were f...ound mouth-downwards cover- ing the soft crumbl... earth which appears to be decayed flesh. The exact order of 1. 2. 3. is to taste.