Identification Number: 11TR24U04pot02

Kerkenes Inventory ID:

Classification: Painted

Finding Type: Crater

Item: Crater with seating for a lid inside the rim

Material: Clay

Images

Photograph 11dpnd3408 by Geoffrey D. Summers.\n Drawing by Dominique Langis-Barsetti and Ben Claasz Coockson.

Description

Crater with seating for a lid inside the rim and strap handles with polychrome, panelled decoration on the neck. Wheelmade, pale reddish brown, micaceous clay with some grit and vegetal temper; smoothed to a fine finish. A cream or white ground panel is bordered by plum-red paint. Three vertical stripes at the end of the panel and two compass-drawn concentric circle motifs are in dark brown paint.

Dimensions

Diameter: 34 cm.

Context

Cappadocia Gate, below floor of Room 1.

Publication

Summers, Cappadocia Gate, Chicago: OIP in press.