Reconstruction of a manual potter's wheel. The oldest potter's wheels were very simply constructed: a. bat, b. axle, c. lever, d. support, e. manual push lever, f. crossboard 7th century BC. Scheibler, I., Elliniki keramiki: Paragogi, emporio kai chrisi ton archaion ellinikon angeion,Kardamitsa Editions, Athens 1992, p. 97, fig. 66. Reconstruction: R. Hampe. Processing: Foundation of Hellenic World.