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 (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.” This term better reflects the ware’s independent development and circulation within Anatolia....
AGW-I:
fabric (2.5Y 6/1 grey, 10YR 5/1-5/2 greyish brown, 10YR 4/1 dark
grey), sometimes with more brown; Can vary core to margins; Core can be
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
AGW-II:
Largely similar to AGW-I. Slightly more porous and better sorted with finer
inclusions. Surface better poli...
Anatolian Gray Ware (AGW) = Blegen's "Gray Minyan Ware"
AGW-II = Pavúk's W601
Troy, Ilion (Turkey/Marmara)