Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)
4. [processes and techniques by specific type]
5. [image-making processes and techniques]

Narrower term/s

• dry sgraffito

Anotations

Scope note:

The decorative technique of scratching through one surface layer, such as on a wall, slip on a pot, or the surface of glass, so as to reveal a layer beneath. For non-decorative, casual, or defacing marks on walls or other surfaces ancient or modern, use "graffiti."