FINE WARES

Painted Fine Wares

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 09SURFU00pot02
KERKENES INVENTORY: none
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Painted Fine Ware
ITEM: Joining sherds with painted decoration
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 10dpkc1215 by Joseph Lehner.
DESCRIPTION
Four joining body sherds from a closed vessel. White ground in two bands or panels with running geometric pattern in bichrome red and very dark red paint.
CONTEXT
Surface find.
PUBLICATION

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 05TR21U01pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: none
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Painted Fine Ware
ITEM: Sherd with painted decoration
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 12dpnd1002 by Geoffrey D. Summers.
DESCRIPTION
Sherd from a small, footed vessel. Fine paste, outside cream slipped with geometric design in dark paint, polished. Undated.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex. Topsoil.
PUBLICATION

Incised Black Polished

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 02TR03U05pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K02.144
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Incised Black Polished
ITEM: Juglet with cut-away spout
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1110 by Murat Akar.
Drawing by Judith Sellers.
DESCRIPTION
Juglet with cut-away spout, concave disc base and strap handle from rim to belly. Largely complete but most of handle missing. Wheelmade with interior marks especially at base. Fine, soft, light grey paste with no visible temper. Grey to black slip, burnished to high polish. Band of lightly incised panels filled with crosses divided by narrower panel with double vertical lines. Vertical panel filled with lattice decoration on handle stub. Restored from many fragments.
DIMENSIONS
Diameter of base: 5.2 cm; height: 14.4 cm.
CONTEXT
Cappadocia Gate, erosion gully on the southwest side of the gate passage in trench TR03.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Cappadocia Gate, Chicago: OIP in press.

Black Polished Faceted Wares

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00CT23U02pot07
KERKENES INVENTORY: none
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Black Polished Faceted Ware
ITEM: Sherds with faceted decoration
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 17dpkc0103 by Joseph Lehner.
Drawing by Judith Sellers.
DESCRIPTION
Sherd from a small closed vessel with faceted decoration, fine black-slipped and burnished. A band of panels, containing raised faceted lozenges divided by groups of four vertical incised lines and narrow blank spaces, runs around the belly of the vessel.
CONTEXT
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Palatial Complex, forthcoming.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00CT23U02pot08
KERKENES INVENTORY: none
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Black Polished Faceted Ware
ITEM: Sherds with faceted decoration
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 17dpkc0106 by Joseph Lehner.
Drawing by Judith Sellers.
DESCRIPTION
Two joining sherds from a small closed vessel with faceted decoration, fine black-slipped and burnished. A band of panels, containing raised faceted lozenges divided by groups of four vertical incised lines and narrow blanks spaces, runs around the belly of the vessel.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex, between Structures A and D.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00CT18U17pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K00.093
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Black Polished Faceted Ware
ITEM: Sherd of black-polished wares
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1102 by Murat Akar.
Drawing by Isabelle Ruben.
DESCRIPTION
Sherd of black polished ware from a closed wheelmade vessel; fine grey fabric, exterior black slipped and polished. Patterning comprises a band of wide and narrow panels framed by a single incised line at the top and sets of four parallel vertical lines. The preserved portion of a wide panel contains the upper portion of a raised lozenge framed by four incised lines.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex, behind Structure A.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 02TR04U03pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: none
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Black Polished Faceted Ware
ITEM: Sherd with polished faceted decoration
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 18dpkc0101 by Joseph Lehner.
Drawing by Ben Claasz Coockson.
DESCRIPTION
Single small sherd from a black slipped and burnished juglet embellished with a panel containing faceted lozenges.
DIMENSIONS
Maximum 4 cm.
CONTEXT
Cappadocia Gate.
Debris against the back of the North Tower.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Cappadocia Gate, Chicago: OIP in press.

Miscellaneous

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 04TR14U02pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K04.180
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Miscellaneous
ITEM: Sherd with moulded or incised decoration
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1222 by Murat Akar.
DESCRIPTION
Sherd with moulded or incised decoration from a cream-coloured pottery vessel. Part of a leaf moulding.
DIMENSIONS
Diameter of body: 29.5 cm; height: 32 cm.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex.
Unstratified.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.

Sieve Spout

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00CT16U14pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K00.090
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Sieve Spout
ITEM: Trough spout with a sieve
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1107 by Murat Akar.
DESCRIPTION
Trough spout with a sieve. The top of the strainer is shielded by a horizontal ledge. Fine dark grey, slipped and burnished, with perhaps a trace of incision below spout.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex, behind Structure A.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.

Bowls

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 04TR11U22pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K04.179
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Bowl
ITEM: Bowl with alphabetic graffito
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 04dpcs2108 by Catherine M. Draycott.
DESCRIPTION
Fragments of a pottery bowl, some joining, with a disc foot. Altered by fire after breakage, original colour and hardness uncertain. Slipped and burnished.
The underside of the foot carries a Phrygian alphabetic graffito incised after firing.
DIMENSIONS
Diameter: 16 cm; diameter of foot: c. 6 cm. Letter height: 0.40 cm.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex.
Monumental Entrance.
PUBLICATION
Brixhe and Summers 2006, 133, fig. 35.
Berndt-Ersöz, Pot mark catalogue number 17, in press.
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 04TR16U16pot01, joining fragments from 05TR16U17 and 05TR17U12
KERKENES INVENTORY: K05.214 and Yozgat Museum 1570
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Bowl
ITEM: Bowl with graffiti
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 08dpkc2218 and 08dpkc2219 by Noël Siver.
DESCRIPTION
Carinated bowl with everted rim and concave disc base. Fine vegetal inclusions and occasional white grit. Original surface colour uncertain. Grey core. Burnished silver-grey surface with some brown fragments. Presumably wheelmade.
Three crosses were incised on the underside after firing. One is under the base, the other two on either side of the base. The cross on the right side has two faint additional lines across the vertical line.
DIMENSIONS
Diameter: 21 cm; height: 5.5 cm.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex.
Monumental Entrance.
PUBLICATION
Berndt-Ersöz, Pot mark catalogue number 14, in press.
Summers, Palatial Complex, forthcoming.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 04TR11U14pot02
KERKENES INVENTORY: K04.178
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Bowl
ITEM: Bowl
MATERIAL: Ceramic
Photograph 04dpcs2107
DESCRIPTION
Profile of a shallow bowl with turned foot - fineware.
CONTEXT
PUBLICATION

Juglets

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00TT22U06pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K00.085 and Yozgat Museum 1577
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Juglet
ITEM: Juglet with raised spout
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1108 by Murat Akar.
Drawing by Isabelle Ruben.
DESCRIPTION
Juglet with raised spout, flat base, and slightly faceted handle that is almost round in section. Handmade, soft fabric, well-levigated, no visible temper. The surface is very pale grey with a large area of the spout and a patch at the back of the neck black. Burnished to a good polish. Almost complete, mended, covered with brown sediment that is harder than the fabric.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 13 cm.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex. Audience Hall.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00CT15U03pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K00.086 and Yozgat Museum 1578
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Juglet
ITEM: Juglet, side-spouted
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1101 by Murat Akar.
Drawing by Isabelle Ruben.
DESCRIPTION
Side-spouted juglet with flat base and high strap handle. Handmade, soft, well-levigated fabric without visible temper. The mottled surface is buff through pale brown to pale reddish brown with a large black area opposite the spout. Large areas retain a high burnish, but the surface is almost entirely covered with brown sediment that is harder than the fabric. Mended, complete.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 13.6 cm; diameter of base: 5.8 cm.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex.
Structure C, floor of the North Room.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00CT18U04pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K00.087 and Yozgat Museum 1575
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Juglet
ITEM: Juglet, spouted
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1109 by Murat Akar.
Drawing by Isabelle Ruben.
DESCRIPTION
Juglet, spouted, with flat base and high strap handle. Handmade, soft, well-levigated fabric without visible temper. The mottled surface is buff through pale brown to grey. Large areas retain a high burnish, but the surface is almost entirely covered with brown sediment that is harder than the fabric. Mended, complete.
DIMENSIONS
Height: 11.9 cm; diameter of base: 5.7 cm.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex.
Structure C, floor of the South Room.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 98TT20U10pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K98.072
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Fine Wares
TYPE: Juglet
ITEM: Juglet with wide trefoil mouth
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 08dpkc1161.
Drawing by Kerkenes.
DESCRIPTION
Squat, flat-based juglet with wide trefoil mouth, high strap handle. Surface brown-grey, smoothed and burnished, fine white grit temper and some vegetal. Reddish-brown patch where burnt.
DIMENSIONS
Diameter of base: 10 cm; max: 17 cm; neck: 8 cm; mouth: 10 cm. Height: 17 cm.
CONTEXT
Lower City, North End, in fill of small room in row above the hall.
PUBLICATION