A GREY MONOCHROME KARCHESION FROM DASKYLEION

Yıl 2004, Sayı: 7, 215 - 225, 10.08.2004

Yasemin Polat

Öz

Karchesion is a deep pottery shape with an everted rim and a flat base. Its vertical loop handles are typicaly placed from the rim to body. Its slightly ovoid shape is due to squeezing of the vassel at its rim and body where the handles are attached. Especially the monochrome gray variants of this type are rarely uncovered in excavations. Their unprepossing appearance and difficulties with their dating make karchesia even more rare candidates for publication. Nevertheless, a new specimen recovered in the Daskyleion excavations has compelled us to study all available karchesia. In addition to our Daskyleion sample, the unpublished karchesia from other sites have now been also recognised in a limited number of sites such as Dolno Sahrane, Thasos, Samothrace, Lesbos (Antissa, Methymna), Tenedos, Assos, Troia, Neandria, Antandros, Pitane, Larisa, Phokaia and Smyrna. Thus, this vessel especially the ones in gray fabric can be easily detected cross a limited range of sites, the majority of which cluster in the northwestern Anatolia. As this suggests, karchesia might have been a produc of the northwestern Anatolia cultural zone.

On the basis of archaeological data, the most convinient likely appearance for this particular shape is between the beginning of 7th century and the beginning of 6th century B.C. However a potsherd uncovered at Smyrna shows that the dating could be as earlier as 875-750 B.C.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Grey Ware , Karchesion , grey monochrome pottery

DASKYLEION'DAN ELE GEÇEN TEK RENKLİ GRİ BİR KARKHESION

Öz

Karchesion is a deep pottery shape with an everted rim and a flat base. Its vertical loop handles are typicaly placed from the rim to body. Its slightly ovoid shape is due to squeezing of the vassel at its rim and body where the handles are attached. Especially the monochrome gray variants of this type are rarely uncovered in excavations. Their unprepossing appearance and difficulties with their dating make karchesia even more rare candidates for publication. Nevertheless, a new specimen recovered in the Daskyleion excavations has compelled us to study all available karchesia. In addition to our Daskyleion sample, the unpublished karchesia from other sites have now been also recognised in a limited number of sites such as Dolno Sahrane, Thasos, Samothrace, Lesbos (Antissa, Methymna), Tenedos, Assos, Troia, Neandria, Antandros, Pitane, Larisa, Phokaia and Smyrna. Thus, this vessel especially the ones in gray fabric can be easily detected cross a limited range of sites, the majority of which cluster in the northwestern Anatolia. As this suggests, karchesia might have been a produc of the northwestern Anatolia cultural zone.

On the basis of archaeological data, the most convinient likely appearance for this particular shape is between the beginning of 7th century and the beginning of 6th century B.C. However a potsherd uncovered at Smyrna shows that the dating could be as earlier as 875-750 B.C.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gri mallar , Karkhesion , gri tek renkli seramik

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