Gordion 5705-P-2128 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Gordion 5705-P-2128

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Context Information

Site Name

Gordion

Date

6th c. BCE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Turkey/Central

Period

Iron Age III

Archaeological Context

Building M, Cache 4

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Vessel Details

Shape

Pithos

Shape Type

Closed

Fabric Description

Fabric 5YR 6/6, coarse gritty fabric.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Surface 10R 5/6, surface slipped (?) and very well smoothed on exterior.

Manufacturing Technique

Hand made coil

Firing

Fired bright orange-buff

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Gordion 5705-P-2128

Pithos

Gordion

6th c. BCE

Iron Age III

Gordion 5705-P-2128

Pithos

Gordion

6th c. BCE

Iron Age III

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Phrygian Pithos Ware

9th-2nd c BCE

Iron Age II-III, Achaemenid Persian, Early Hellenistic

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre and Barış Yılmaz. "Building M: Caching Large Storage Vessels before the Persian Onslaught" in Middle and Late Phrygian Gordion, ed(s). Brian Rose. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Museum Press, Forthcoming

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Base flat; body has obliquely rising walls as if conical below. Rim horizontally flaring with outer round ridge on top and flat, wide ledge inside it. Post-depositional weathering suggests this pot was buried at a diagonal angle.