POTTERY FROM CULTURE IV, SOUTH KURGAN. 147 
some instances the white slip is present only as a band around the middle part 
of the belly of the vessel, as in the vase (height, 19.5 cm.) represented in plate 
17, fig. 1, which was found 24 inches below the surface at the outer digging. 
Forms.—The series of forms of the youngest pottery is not inferior in diversity 
to that of the older. By means of the marginal pieces the following forms can 
be distinguished, and in each case they can be compared with the corresponding 
older form: 
(A) Large, kettle-shaped vessels with sharply profiled lips (figs. 200-207). 
(B) Smaller vessels of similar form, with both narrower and wider openings 
(figs. 208 and 209). A whole vessel of the kind from the outer digging 
has already been mentioned. 

(C) Large, thick-walled dishes with different margin-profiles. Their bottoms 
are flat without feet. In some instances they have horizontal bow-shaped 
handles. ‘The interiors are generally colored red (figs. 210-216). It is 
worthy of remark that handles are entirely foreign to the forms of the 
older pottery. 
(D) Finer bowls with varied forms of margins. In these, too, the interior 
may be colored red (figs. 217-222). 
(E) Deep cups, some with arched, and some with sharply bent backs and sides, 
and flat bottoms. They occur in various sizes, with either wide or narrow 
mouths (figs. 223-226). A broken piece of a cup with a sharply bent 
side is shown in plate 17, fig. 2. It is well in this connection to com- 
pare the corresponding forms of the older pottery, which may stand as 
prototypes. 
