Fluted Ware vessels occur regularly in the Iron Age assemblages of the Middle Iron Age in Cilicia, though they are not as common as other decorated wares like Red Slip or Cypro-Cilician Painted Wares. They are characterized by a decorative pattern of parallel vertical or slightly diagonal incisions or grooves on the lower body of the vessel.
Fluted wares were part of the Late Bronze Age ceramics repertoire of Cilicia but those examples differ in quality/precision and cease in the LBA-IA transitional period. The Iron Age Fluted Ware seems to be p...
The characteristic decoration is a set of parallel vertical or slightly diagonal incisions or grooves that runs around the lower body of the vessel. The upper end of this group is typically bordered by one or more horizontal incision(s) or groove(s).
The most common shapes are (1.) a small jug with one handle (2.) a rounded bowl with unaccentuated, flattened rim. The rounded bowl is a shared vessel shape with Red Slip Ware.
All vessels are wheel-made and can be ...
Sirkeli Höyük (Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean)