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 Glass and Pottery. 371 swing under the three great Theban dynasties, that it continued through the Saite period, and that under the Ptolemies, and even later still, it was not extinct. To the same branch of industry belong those tiles of enamelled faience which seem to have been C^ !b i 1 k xL .' v^ ^ ^ / 4» I '• / Li? / y ™ H 1 ( 2) ] 1 V m / Fig. 295. — Pendant for necklace. Louvre. Fig. 296. — Enamelled earthenware. British Museum. used by the Egyptians from very early times. They were also used by the Assyrians, as we shall see hereafter. " These tiles were used very extensively in eastern and southern countries, and are found both in palaces and in private dwellings. In the Fig. 297. — Enamelled earthenware. British Museum. towns of Turkey and of INIodern Egypt, in the towns and villages of Algeria and of all the African coast as far as the Straits of Gibraltar, thousands of examples are to be found. The freshness which seems to result from their use and the enduring brilliancy