STORAGE VESSELS

Pithos

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00CT18U04pot05
KERKENES INVENTORY: K00.121
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Storage Vessels
TYPE: Pithos
ITEM: Pithos with flat base
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 01dpol3501 by David Stronach.
Drawing by Isabelle Ruben.
DESCRIPTION
Pithos with flat base, two opposed vertical strap handles and triangular rim. Handmade, built up from base, not very highly fired. Medium-sized and fine granitic grit; interior variable in colour from buff to red; exterior red to buff, patches of burnishing survive and horizontal burnishing stroke marks can be seen on part of the belly.
DIMENSIONS
Diameter: 59 cm; height: 22 to 23 cm.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex. Structure C, floor of the South Room.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 04TR11U14pot01 new
KERKENES INVENTORY: K04.177
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Storage Vessels
TYPE: Pithos
ITEM: Pithos sherd, graffiti
MATERIAL: Ceramic
Photograph 04dpcs1201
DESCRIPTION
Pithos shoulder fragments, two joining. Medium grit temper, orangey brown with a thick pale brown core and exterior surface, smoothed. With a band moulding bearing Phrygian graffiti. POSSIBLY WRONG TRENCH NUMBER IN ID PHOTO
DIMENSIONS
Height: 152 mm; Width: 120 mm; Thickness: 20-25 mm
CONTEXT
Susanne Berndt-Ersöz, pot mark catalogue #11. Graffito inscribed on a raised band along the body after firing. The left part of the graffiti is missing, and there are two partially preserved vertical lines either belonging to one letter or two, which are followed by A S Ị A. The letter S has several superimposed incised lines, which may be due to a writing error. The letter I has a faint short horizontal line at top, which is not as deep incised as the vertical line, making it uncertain whether a T or I was intended.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 04TR15U01pot01 new
KERKENES INVENTORY: none
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Storage Vessels
TYPE: Pithos
ITEM: Sherd from a pithos
MATERIAL: Ceramic
Photograph 04dpcs1204 by Catherine M. Draycott.
DESCRIPTION
Sherd from a pithos. Graffito on the raised band along the body comprises two lines at a 90 degree angle, with four short vertical parallel lines above. A more faint horizontal line is incised below. Incised after firing. For a description of the sherd see pages 00–00.
DIMENSIONS
CONTEXT
Top soil/fill of the Monumental Entrance.
PUBLICATION