Cult vessel of the Yortan culture
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AR2956
| Object: |
Cult vessel of the Yortan culture
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| Material: |
Dark clay with dark slip and white incrustations in the decoration.
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| Period: |
Western Anatolia Yortan culture, Phase A, 3400 BC to 2900 BC, Early Anatolian Bronze Age. |
| Description: |
Vessel with two spherical bodies connected at the waist by a clay tube and at the lips by a flat handle. Both bodies have a high spout. The outer surface is covered by a linear incised decoration filled with a white incrusted material.
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| Background: |
First finds of this culture surfaced in the year 1900 in a Mysian burial site called Yortan. It is located in a valley south-west of Troy. In the following decates several isolated finds of Yortan culture artefacts became known, but until now their civilization remains a mystery. Stylistic elements and influences of the Yortan culture can also be seen in finds near Troy and from the west coast of Anatolia.
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| Dimensions: |
107mm length, 57mm width, 71mm height.
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| Condition: |
Small chips, vessel itself intact. Remains of the original white incrustations in the incised decoration.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2017 from the German private collection Heimbach. Inherited from the German private collection Karl Naske. Acquired by Mr. Naske on the art market in the 1960ies or 1970ies.
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| References: |
Similar in style to the vessels in G. Zahlhaas, Keramiken der Prähistorischen Staatssammlung im internationalen Keramik-Museum Weiden, p. 18 acc.no. 1963, 518 and p. 24 acc.no. 1985, 819. Similar Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc.no. 62.65.2. |
| Literature: |
K. Bittel, Ein Gräberfeld der Yortan-Kultur bei Babaköy.
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| Authenticity: |
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