Gordion 14140-P-6725 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Gordion 14140-P-6725

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Context Information

Site Name

Gordion

Date

690 - 680 BCE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Turkey/Central

Period

Iron Age III

Archaeological Context

South Cellar lower fill, Context Bag IV: M6A and M6C

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

Open

Fabric Description

Fabric GLEY 1 5/N, clay very finely levigated, some small white inclusions.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Surface GLEY 1 4/N, surface silky smooth, lustrous.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 4

Gordion 14140-P-6725

Bowl

Gordion

690 - 680 BCE

Iron Age III

Gordion 14140-P-6725

Bowl

Gordion

690 - 680 BCE

Iron Age III

Gordion 14140-P-6725

Bowl

Gordion

690 - 680 BCE

Iron Age III

Gordion 14140-P-6725

Bowl

Gordion

690 - 680 BCE

Iron Age III

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Phrygian Gray-Slipped/Burnished Ware

8th-4th c. BCE

Iron Age II-III, Achaemenid Persian

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Dusinberre, Elspeth R. M. ; Vassileva, Maya. "The South Cellar: Elite Feasting at Gordion's Inner Court in the Middle Phrygian Period" in Middle and Late Phrygian Gordion, ed(s). Rose, C. Brian. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Museum, Forthcoming

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

NB 121 pp. 94-95, 133. Found August 3 and 4, August 13, 1965. Three non-joining sherds preserve complete profile, ca. 1/2 of vessel. Small shallow bowl has disk base, concave at center. Walls curve smoothly up to simple round rim. Two small triangular lugs angle slightly down from rim.