Identification Number: KERKENES INVENTORY:

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K00.094

Classification: Pottery / Common Wares

Finding Type: Bowl

Item: Tripod bowl

Material: Clay

Images

Photograph 05dpnk1111 by Murat Akar. Drawing by Isabelle Ruben.

Description

Tripod bowl, about 40% assembled from 16 sherds, all but one of which could be joined. Handmade, grey to reddish brown fabric with much medium-sized grit temper. Uneven interior surface, grey and smoothed; exterior pale reddish-brown, grey towards rim perhaps due to secondary burning, smoothed, shaving marks on legs.

Dimensions

Height: varies from 15.8 to 16.5 cm; diameter: circa 30 cm.

Context

Palatial Complex, between Structures A and D.

Publication

Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.