Earthenware
Earthenware was used frequently in the ancient Middle East. It was cheap and relatively easy to work with. Pots, pans, plates and jugs are just some examples of the end products, but there were also oil lamps
Earthenware was fragile and needed replacing frequently. When a pot broke, the shards were sometimes reused, for example as a scraper, as in Job 2:8
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