This appendix offers rough stone vessel typologies for each region. Several of the typologies have been directly transposed from existing published classifications and, where this occurs, the numbering system has been kept consistent with the original one but modified with a regional prefix (e.g. C20B refers to Cretan shape 20B from Warren's 1969 classification). For each shape, a brief description is given, along with an account of variation within the group, decoration (if any), and an estimated date range for the type. Type drawings are meant as a rough guide only: profiles are solid when taken from a specific example and otherwise dotted. A list of examples or reference to where such a list can be found within existing published catalogues is also provided but is not meant to be comprehensive. In the case of the very large Egyptian and Cretan traditions, the range of shapes is illustrated here, but the reader is referred to the original classifications for further details about individual types.

Egypt (E-)

The numbered sequence of shapes has been borrowed from Aston (1994) with minor alterations. As with Warren's Cretan classification, Aston's individual types make distinctions at a slightly finer scale (e.g. for bowls) than the other typologies offered here and hence comparisons of type diversity should proceed cautiously. The earlier fourth millennium shapes in Aston's series (e.g. 1–24) have been omitted.