<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31367329</termId><termName>black-topped</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Refers to the Egyptian pottery style produced during the Badarian, Amratian, and Gerzean periods from about 6000 to 2925 BCE. The style is characterized by polishd thin-walled, handmade vesels coated with a red ocher wash, with black tops probably produced by placing the vessels while hot in carbonizing organic matter. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:39:05</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31336173</termId><termName>Egyptian pottery styles</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>NT</relationType><termId>31406961</termId><termName>black-topped red</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>