SHERDS WITH GRAFFITI

Alphabetical

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 04TR15U05pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: none
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Sherds with Graffiti
TYPE: Alphabetical
ITEM: Bowl base with graffito
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1218 by Murat Akar.
DESCRIPTION
Very concave disc base of a bowl of plain fine grey ware with no visible temper, slipped and burnished with a cross incised under the base after firing.
DIMENSIONS
Diameter of base: 4.5cm.
CONTEXT
Cappadocia Gate. Monumental Entrance.
PUBLICATION
Berndt-Ersöz, Pot mark catalogue number 13, in press.
Summers, Palatial Complex, forthcoming.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 11TR24U25pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K11.275
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Sherds with Graffiti
TYPE: Alphabetical
ITEM: Sherd from the shoulder of a closed vessel
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 11dpnd3411 by Geoffrey D. Summers.
Drawing by Ben Claasz Coockson.
DESCRIPTION
Sherd from the shoulder of a closed vessel, wheelmade, burnt to a pale brown colour from what would probably have been bright red. The fabric contains a little mica and is grit tempered, exterior smoothed and burnished, possibly coated with a thin slip. A symbol was shallowly incised after firing. Several red ware jugs with cut-away spouts found at the Palatial Complex had a similar symbol incised on the shoulder under the loop of the handle.
DIMENSIONS
8.75 by 7.5 cm.
CONTEXT
Cappadocia Gate, from the makeup below the floor of Room 2.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Cappadocia Gate, Chicago: OIP in press.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 11TR24U17pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: K11.274
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Sherds with Graffiti
TYPE: Alphabetical
ITEM: Flat base of a pot
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 11dpnd3419 by Geoffrey D. Summers.
Drawing by Ben Claasz Coockson.
DESCRIPTION
Flat base of a pot, wheelmade, gritty fabric with some vegetal inclusions, pale red with thick pale grey core, surfaces plain. Mark lightly incised before firing. Another example of this mark was found at the Palatial Complex.
DIMENSIONS
11 by 8.5 cm.
CONTEXT
Cappadocia Gate, found in the burnt debris above the front threshold.
PUBLICATION
Summers, Cappadocia Gate, Chicago: OIP in press.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00CT15U03pot02
KERKENES INVENTORY: K00.092
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Sherds with Graffiti
TYPE: Alphabetical
ITEM: Flat base of a pot
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1103 by Murat Akar.
Drawing by Ben Claasz Coockson.
DESCRIPTION
Flat base of a pot, wheelmade, gritty fabric with some vegetal inclusions, pale red with thick pale grey core, surfaces plain. Mark lightly incised before firing. Another example of this mark was found at the Palatial Complex.
DIMENSIONS
11 by 8.5 cm.
CONTEXT
Cappadocia Gate. Found in the burnt debris above the front threshold.
PUBLICATION
Berndt-Ersöz, Pot mark catalogue number 9, in press.
Summers, Palatial Complex, forthcoming.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 03TR11U01pot01 (new)
KERKENES INVENTORY: K03.156
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Sherds with Graffiti
TYPE: Alphabetical
ITEM: Bowl rim with graffiti
MATERIAL: Ceramic
Photograph 03dpjv6935
Drawing 03potpd6
DESCRIPTION
Rim sherd of fine bowl with part of an incised mark, possibly resembling a Phrygian letter, on exterior.
Core now light red. Surface pale brown and spalled from secondary burning. Susanne Ersöz, pot mark catalogue #15.
Description of pot mark: Preserved is a diagonal line with a horizontal line above and a vertical line on the right side. Incised after firing.
DIMENSIONS
Length: 34 mm; Width: 34 mm
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex
PUBLICATION

Non-alphabetic

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00CT15U05pot02
KERKENES INVENTORY: K00.091
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Sherds with Graffiti
TYPE: Non-alphabetic
ITEM: Base of closed vessel, probably a jar
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1104 by Murat Akar.
Drawing by Isabelle Ruben.
DESCRIPTION
Base of closed vessel, probably a jar. Grey fabric with sparse grits, exterior burnished. There is a shallow mark, Mark 10, incised on the underside before the vessel was fired.
DIMENSIONS
Diameter: 10.2 cm.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex. Structure C, pressed into the floor of the North Room.
PUBLICATION
Berndt-Ersöz, Pot mark catalogue number 10, in press.
Summers, Palatial Complex, forthcoming.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 04TR15U01pot02
KERKENES INVENTORY: none
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Sherds with Graffiti
TYPE: Non-alphabetic
ITEM: Pithos sherd with X incised after firing
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 05dpnk1219 by Murat Akar.
DESCRIPTION
Sherd from a pithos with an X incised after firing on the exterior. The sherds have a pale brown, well-burnished exterior. There are random scratches in addition to the graffito.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex. Monumental Entrance.
PUBLICATION
Berndt-Ersöz, Pot mark catalogue number 12, in press.
Summers, Palatial Complex, forthcoming.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 00CT27U02pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: none
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Sherds with Graffiti
TYPE: Non-alphabetic
ITEM: Rim of shallow bowl
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph Kerkenes.
DESCRIPTION
Rim of shallow bowl, dark grey, perhaps from secondary firing, slipped and polished, with three incised concentric rings on the exterior. Two joining sherds, not illustrated. The mark comprises a cross with two prongs at top of the vertical line is incised on the exterior of the body. Incised after firing.
CONTEXT
Palatial Complex. Poor context in front of Structure A glacis.
PUBLICATION
Berndt-Ersöz, Pot mark catalogue number 7, in press.
Summers, Palatial Complex, forthcoming.

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 04TR15U01pot01
KERKENES INVENTORY: none
CLASSIFICATION: Pottery / Sherds with Graffiti
TYPE: Non-alphabetic
ITEM: Sherd from a pithos
MATERIAL: Clay
Photograph 04dpcs1204 by Catherine M. Draycott.
DESCRIPTION
Sherd from a pithos. Graffito on the raised band along the body comprises two lines at a 90 degree angle, with four short vertical parallel lines above. A more faint horizontal line is incised below. Incised after firing.
DIMENSIONS
Length: 12.5 cm.
CONTEXT
Cappadocia Gate. Monumental Entrance.
PUBLICATION
Berndt-Ersöz, Pot mark catalogue number 16, in press.
Summers, Palatial Complex, forthcoming.