Subclass of:

• crm:E55 Type

Scope note:

This class comprises types of groupings of ceramic objects (pottery, terracottas and building materials) according to their visual characteristics as determined by appropriate experts on the basis of the object’s combined compositional characteristics (U7 fabric) and manufacturing techniques (slip, finish, use of potter’s wheel). In addition, wares are often characterised by a specific suite of U10 shapes. Ware groupings are often hierarchical (e.g, African Red Slip Ware may be subdivided into ware groups A, B, C and D). The classification of wares depends to varying degrees on different aspects of the object; for example, “black gloss ware” is identified solely on the basis of its dark slipped surface, whereas “impasto chiaro sabbioso” is defined on the basis of its typical colour and inclusions (e.g. its fabric). The substance of an instance of Ware is a conceptual classification created for scientific analysis. 

An instance of Function comes into being upon its declaration and continues to exist thereafter even if disproven or superseded, so long as it remains an object of discourse in scientific literature.

Examples:

Black Gloss ware as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus online (https://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=ware&logic=AND&note=&english=N&prev_page=1&subjectid=300387491)

Internal slipped ware (a subgroup of coarse wares) 

In First Order Logic:

• U9(x) ⇒ E55(x)