Daskyleion (Gürtekin-Demir 2002, no. 166) | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Daskyleion (Gürtekin-Demir 2002, no. 166)

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Context Information

Site Name

Daskyleion

Date

7-6th century BCE

Site Type

Capital city

Country/Region

Turkey/Marmara

Period

Iron Age III

Archaeological Context

Trench F5 North (CFO)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Lydion

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Reddish yellow (5YR 6/6)

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully fired

Vessel Images 0

Break Photos 1

Daskyleion (Gürtekin-Demir 2002, no. 166)

Lydion

Daskyleion

7-6th century BCE

Iron Age III

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Lydian Painted Ware - Streaky/Banded/Waveline

7th-4th c. BCE

Iron Age III, Achaemenid Persian

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

R. Gül Gürtekin-Demir. "Lydian Painted Pottery at Daskyleion" Anatolian Studies 52 (2002), 111-143 , Figure 18.2, Page 135.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

The lydion was a popular shape among the Lydian wares, widely distributed and imitated, and ideally suited to its cosmetic content, which may have been baccaris (Greenewalt 1966: 103-16).