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The "Kiln" (Ancient Greek: Κάμινος, Kaminos), or "Potters" (Κεραμεῖς, Kerameis), is a 23-line hexameter poem that was variously attributed to Homer or Hesiod during antiquity, but is not considered the work of either poet by modern scholars. [1]
Come all of you and sack the kiln-yard and the buildings: let the whole kiln be shaken up to the potter’s loud lament. As a horse’s jaw grinds, so let the kiln grind to powder all the pots inside. And you, too, daughter of the Sun, Circe the witch, come and cast cruel spells; hurt both these men and their handiwork.
Gibil was the god of fire. [16] He could represent this element in its positive aspect, for example in association with furnaces and kilns, [5] and in this context could be treated as a tutelary deity of metallurgists. [7] However, he also represented fire as a cause of destruction. [5]
Dedicated to the birth of the Most Holy Mother of God, this quaint wooden church, measuring 12 square meters, occupies a cherished spot in local history and heritage. ... (the kiln for ceramic ...
Roller kiln: A special type of kiln, common in tableware and tile manufacture, is the roller-hearth kiln, in which wares placed on bats are carried through the kiln on rollers. In the intermittent kiln, the ware is placed inside the kiln, the kiln is closed, and the internal temperature is increased according to a schedule. After the firing is ...
Gofannon, Welsh god of blacksmithing, ale, architecture and building Goibniu , Irish god of blacksmithing, one of the Trí Dée Dána Lugh , god of craftsmen, games, arts, oaths, truth, and law
The hilly, wooded, area provided slopes for dragon kilns to run up, and fuel for them, [2] and was near major ports. The area has been producing pottery since the Neolithic, and over 100 kiln-sites have now been excavated, but large-scale production of a variety of wares began under the late Ming dynasty, and continues to the present. [3]
Besides location in the kiln, (as with other fuel-fired updraft kilns) the way pieces are placed near each other affects the flame path, and, thus, the appearance of pieces within localized zones of the kiln can vary as well. It is said that loading an anagama kiln is the most difficult part of the firing.