Pottery/World History Project

This vessel was made for a class project in pottery and for world history. I was given the assignment to find an ancient shape of a pot and copy it to the best of my ability. I chose a hes vase dated back to 2500 BC. It was discover in the Egyptian tomb of King Tutankhamun. This vessel was use for purification. The Egyptians believed that the deceased needed to be ritually purified in order to pass in to the afterlife. The shape of the vessel was based on the hieroglyphic hes, which means “the favored one”. The Egyptian god Anubis, the god of protection into the afterlife and mummification, is believed to put a sacred liquid in the vessel for the journey of the dead to pass safely into the afterlife. The vessel was made to magically protect the person who possessed it. The glaze used is called Faience, considering I did not have that glaze, I used a teal.

Vocabulary #3

1. Bulwark n.
Something used as a defense, a strong protection

2. Cache n.
A hiding place, something hidden in a secret place

3. Callous adj.
Unfeeling and insensitive

4. Candor adj.
Truth fullness, great honesty, frankness

5. Capitulate v.
To surrender, to stop resisting

6. Catharsis n.
An emotional purification, an emotional release

7. Caustic adj.
Biting in humor; rust

8. Censure n.
The act of blaming or condemning

9. Chastise v.
To criticize severely

10. Chronic adj.
Constant, lasting a long time

11. Circumspect adj.
Careful, thought through

12. Clemency n.
mildness, disposition towards mercy

13. Clique n.
An exclusive group

14. Coalesce v.
To come together as one, to unite

15. Coherent adj.
Making sense, organized and logical

Vocabulary #2

1. Arduous adj.
Difficult to do, laborious

2. Augment v.
To increase or enlarge

3. Austere adj.
Stern in manner or appearance, strict in morals

4. Aversion n.
A strong or fixed dislike, feeling of repugnance

5. Banal adj.
Commonplace, trite, unoriginal

6. Baroque adj.
Extravagantly ornate, flamboyant, characterized by bold ornamentation

7. Begrudge v.
To envy another's processions, to concede reluctantly

8. Benediction n.
A blessing, a good wish

9. Benign adj.
Gentle, not harmful, kind

10. Blanch v.
To turn pale

11. Blithe adj.
Happily, lighthearted, joyful

12. Botch v.
To bungle, to foul up

13. Bracing adj.
Invigorating

14. Broach v.
To open up a subject to discuss

15. Buffoon n.
Clown or fool

Vocabulary:

This is an assignment to help me study for my ACT's

1.Abdicate v.
to step down from a position of power

2. Abridge v.
to shorten, condense, or lesson in length

3.Absolve v.
to forgive or free blame

4. abysmal adj.
extremely wretched, bottomless

5.Acquiesce v.
to comply passively, to give in

6. Advocate v.
to support or be in favor of

7. Aesthetic adj.
concerned with or appreciative of beauty

8. Affinity n.
sympathy, attraction, kinship

9. Agenda n.
program, things to be done

10. Aggrandize v.
to make great

11. Allusion n.
an indirect reference

12. Altruistic adj.
unselfish concern with the welfare of others

13. Amnesty n.
an official pardon for a group of people who violate the law

14. Animosity n. ill will, active dislike

15. Anomalous adj.
irregular, abnormal, unusual