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Vessel: Gordion 5707-P-2130

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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

Dinos

Shape Type

Closed

Fabric Description

Fabric GLEY 1 6/N, gritty with tiny black inclusions.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Surface GLEY 1 3/N, laminated and spalling on exterior surface (almost entirely missing), once slipped and burnished.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fired gray with surfaces grey to black.

Vessel Images 4

Gordion 5707-P-2130

Dinos

Gordion

6th c. BCE

Iron Age III

Gordion 5707-P-2130

Dinos

Gordion

6th c. BCE

Iron Age III

Gordion 5707-P-2130

Dinos

Gordion

6th c. BCE

Iron Age III

Gordion 5707-P-2130

Dinos

Gordion

6th c. BCE

Iron Age III

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Phrygian Gray Utility Ware

9th-2nd c. BCE

Iron Age II-III, Achaemenid Persian, 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

Many sherds mended to preserve complete profile, with gaps; fabric laminating. Base flat, body slightly flattened spherical. Mouth wide, collared by a slightly flaring rim round in section.