<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31367334</termId><termName>ripple-burnished</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Refers to the Egyptian pottery style produced during the Badarian period from about 6000 to 4000 BCE. The style is characterized by vessels with a ripple-burnished surface achieved by combing ripples into wet clay or rubbing a pebble over hard clay and then burnishing. ]]></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></term>  </Zthes>