Anatolian Gray Ware (AGW) is a type of wheel-made pottery characterized by a fine fabric fired in a reducing atmosphere to a uniform gray color and by the use of burnishing. At Troy, the development of AGW is best charted through Pavúk’s Ceramic Phases for Troy VI (Pavúk 2014). AGW first appears in Troy VI during Ceramic Phase 1, MH III (Troy VIa, ca. 1750 BCE in the Aegean high chronology). Here, parallels to Aegean shapes are noteworthy (e.g. the Lianokladi goblet, Pteleon goblet, and semiglobular cup shapes). These similarities led previous scholars, notably Blegen (Blegen 1953), to classify it as “Gray Minyan Ware.” Subsequent research has led to a revision of terminology, with Gray Minyan Ware replaced by “Anatolian Gray Ware.” T...
AGW-I: fabric (2.5Y 6/1 grey, 10YR 5/1-5/2 greyish brown, 10YR 4/1 dark grey), sometimes with more brown. Color can vary from core to margins, with core color being lighter (7.5R 4/2-5/3 brown) or darker (10YR 4/1 dark gray) than margins. Surface gray (2.5Y 6/1-5/1 gray or darker) with range of shades.
Troy, Ilion (Turkey/Marmara)