General Information

This ware is abundant at Kinet Höyük in coastal Cilicia. Shapes represented include storage and transport jars and utilitarian shapes such as storage bins, mortaria and large jugs.

Coarse, moderately hard fabric with many inclusions; mostly small to medium in size and black white, pink and red in color. Large and very large inclusions appear more rarely. Fabric is usually fired pinkish brown, reddish yellow, or orange (2.5YR 6/6 - 7.5YR 8/4), sometimes with a darker core. Most vessels are coated with a light pink or pale yellow self slip (5YR 7/4 - 10YR 8/4). Jars and mortaria are the most common shapes, although storage bins, basins, jugs, kraters, and lagynoi are represented as well. Red slip painted decoration in vegetal motifs is sometimes applied to vessels, especially those dating to the 2nd century BCE.

Kinet Höyük (Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean)