Phrygian Pithos Ware
Turkey/Central
9th-2nd c BCE
Iron Age II-III, Achaemenid Persian, Early Hellenistic
General Information
Phrygian Pithos Ware is used to create very large coil-built storage vessels, generally free-standing with flat bases but sometimes clearly intended to be at least partially buried for stability.
Often fired orange, with added white grit and temper.
