Identification Number: 04TR11U14pot01 new

Kerkenes Inventory ID: K04.177

Classification: Pottery / Storage Vessels

Finding Type: Pithos

Item: Pithos sherd, graffiti

Material: Ceramic

Images

Photograph 04dpcs1201

Description

Pithos shoulder fragments, two joining. Medium grit temper, orangey brown with a thick pale brown core and exterior surface, smoothed. With a band moulding bearing Phrygian graffiti. POSSIBLY WRONG TRENCH NUMBER IN ID PHOTO

Dimensions

Height: 152 mm; Width: 120 mm; Thickness: 20-25 mm

Context

Susanne Berndt-Ersöz, pot mark catalogue #11. Graffito inscribed on a raised band along the body after firing. The left part of the graffiti is missing, and there are two partially preserved vertical lines either belonging to one letter or two, which are followed by A S Ị A. The letter S has several superimposed incised lines, which may be due to a writing error. The letter I has a faint short horizontal line at top, which is not as deep incised as the vertical line, making it uncertain whether a T or I was intended.

Publication

Summers, Palatial Complex, Chicago: OIP in press.