Archaeology indicates they were skilled potters and blacksmiths. There is the artisan caste, including blacksmiths, potters, griots, genealogists, woodworkers, and dressmakers. This setting was conducive to millers, tanners, potters, smiths and other artisans. Other products came from such crafts as the potters, the glassmakers, and the goldsmiths. The city was a center of industry, home to many potters, jewelers, and craftsmen. He identified over 1,500 potters and painters. Signatures are unknown for potters as well as painters. The potters and painters of this form are accordingly called Little Masters. The extent to which potters and painters were identical is uncertain. It is, however, not easy to reconstruct links between potters and painters. The status of painters in relation to that of potters remains somewhat unclear. Sumerian potters decorated pots with cedar oil paints. The regulations on the potters working in the imperial kiln were severe. The city speedway team is the Stoke Potters. His lead was followed by other local potters, scientists and engineers.