LATW Cat. 61

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Ceramic cooking pot (chytra) of clay, with many fine sand inclusions to prevent the vessel from cracking when placed on the fire (cookingware). Flat bottom, globular body, thickened rim. High-swung strap handle. Intact. Height 0.133 m, diameter of ri...

LATW Cat. 62

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Coarse cookingware stand to support a cooking pot on a hearth. Wheel-made tapering cylindrical body with ca. one-fourth of the diameter cut away to give access to coals within. Thickened lip, with beveled top where cooking pot rests. Three triangular...

LATW Cat. 63

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Small globular cooking pot of coarse cookingware. Flat bottom, globular body, outturned rim. High-swung strap handle. Thin wash on exterior surface. Interior slightly eroded from use, exterior reddened on one side. Mended from fragments, almost compl...

R8 Cat. HoB 30

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Many joining pieces of cooking pot with complete profile. Thinner walls and finer fabric than is usual for a cooking pot. Band handle from rim to belly, with finger depression at join with belly. Row of short diagonal slashes around lower neck. Light...

R8 Cat. HoB 49

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age (Late Bronze Age; Early Lydian)

Band handle of a cooking pot. Coarse red fabric of a globular vessel; more open than usual. Band handle attaches at rim and shoulder. Carination at the level of the base of the handle. Traces of burning are mainly on exterior.

R8 Cat. HoB 319

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

Fragment of a shallow local krater of coarse, reddish-brown cooking fabric with many quartz inclusions. Open bowl with ledge rim; steep walls until curve toward bottom. Exterior had a smoothed wet finish. Interior polished.

R8 Cat. HoB 378

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

About a third of a hearth stand with a band handle and two [of three] triangular supports for a pot. Smooth edge of stand (for letting in air to the coals) preserved. Rough reddish fabric. Surface blackened from use inside and out.

R8 Cat. HoB 417

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC (Lydian)

Many joining fragments of cooking pot. Rounded and slightly outward curving rim; wide neck; large ovoid body; flat base with six perforations put in after firing; two horizontal loop handles rising diagonally (only the stumps preserved). Surface worn...

R8 Cat. HoB 418

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC (Lydian)

Cooking pot, intact except the handle and a small part of mid-body. Everted rim; spherical body; rounded bottom; single vertical strap handle from mid-body to rim (only stump preserved).

R8 Cat. HoB 436

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC (Lydian)

Black cooking pot. Intact except missing small fragments at base and body. Slightly out-curved rim; spherical body; flat base; vertical strap handle from slightly above mid-body to rim.

R8 Cat. HoB 460

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC (Lydian)

Pot is almost intact. Everted rim; globular body; flat base; two cylindrical loop handles on upper part of shoulder, rising up vertically. A total of six horizontal incised lines on the body: three on the shoulder, two on the level of handle stump, a...

R8 Cat. HoB 462

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC (Lydian)

Almost intact pot. Outward-curving rim; spherical body; flat base; vertical strap handle from shoulder to rim. Grooves on the interior of rim. Evidence of use in the fire.

R8 Cat. HoB 491

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC (Lydian)

Cooking pot is missing handles. Everted rim; globular body; flat base; two vertical handles from slightly above mid-body to shoulder.

R8 Cat. HoB 551

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Cooking pot, body and base fragments. Flat-bottomed kitchen ware, blackened by fire. Wheel made.

R8 Cat. HoB 580

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Cooking pot. Two joining fragments of rim, shoulder, body, and handle. Thickened and everted rim; single vertical strap handle from shoulder to rim.

R8 Cat. HoB 727

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Hearth stand, complete; only small fragments are missing. Tapering cylindrical body, cut away on one side to give access to coals within. Thickened lip with three triangular lugs to support a cooking pot. Handle from rim to mid-body. Eight joining fr...

R8 Cat. HoB 772

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Nearly complete cooking pot. Everted rim; spherical body; rounded bottom; single high vertical strap handle from mid-body to rim.

R8 Cat. HoB 773

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Eleven joining fragments of rim, neck, shoulder, body, and handle of cooking pot. Lower body and base are missing. Flaring rim; spherical body; vertical strap handle from rim to shoulder.

R8 Cat. PC 132

Pottery

Ceramic

Early Iron Age (Lydian)

Fragment includes the rim and inward-facing spur of a hearth stand. The triangular spur, sloping downward, would have supported a cooking pot over the fire. A small lump of clay was added on the rim at the side of the spur. Black gritty fabric with s...

R8 Cat. PC 138

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: 9th to 6th c BC (Lydian)

Wall of a finely potted globular cooking pot and the base of a band handle, squared at bottom of handle. Surface covered with a gold-colored micaceous slip (Gold Dust ware). Red clay. Had been used for cooking, as indicated by blackened lower portion...

LATW Cat. 64

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Flat profile, with flaring knob handle. Part of circumference cut away to provide space for cooking pot handle. Intact. Height 0.054, diameter 0.200.

R8 Cat. HoB 218

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: 9th to mid-8th c BC (Early Lydian)

Rim and upper body of a globular cooking pot with everted rim. Coarse, gray micaceous fabric. Two rows of short diagonal dashes stamped along neck. Exterior and interior burned.

R8 Cat. HoB 318

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

Lower body and base of a large thin-walled cooking pot. Bottom is flat. Not as gritty as usual. Burned interior and exterior.

R8 Cat. HoB 401

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: last quarter of 8th c BC (Lydian)

Fragment of globular cooking pot with everted rim and slightly squared lip. Coarse, gray micaceous fabric with inclusions. At the shoulder is a wavy horizontal incised line bordered by two incised horizontal lines. The incised lines are not consisten...

R8 Cat. HoB 631

Pottery

Ceramic

Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC (Lydian)

Coarse gray ware. Eight joining and nonjoining fragments. Slightly everted rim; shallow bowl; rounded bottom.