Identification Number: 00CT18U04pot05

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K00.121

Classification: Pottery / Storage Vessels

Finding Type: Pithos

Item: Pithos with flat base

Material: Clay

Images

Photograph 01dpol3501 by David Stronach. Drawing by Isabelle Ruben.

Description

Pithos with flat base, two opposed vertical strap handles and triangular rim. Handmade, built up from base, not very highly fired. Medium-sized and fine granitic grit; interior variable in colour from buff to red; exterior red to buff, patches of burnishing survive and horizontal burnishing stroke marks can be seen on part of the belly.

Dimensions

Diameter: 59 cm; height: 22 to 23 cm.

Context

Palatial Complex. Structure C, floor of the South Room.

Publication

Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.