A Hittite Jar with Animal Figure
Authors : Nimet ÖZGÜÇ
Pages : 330-330
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Publication Date : 1947-04-20
Article Type : Other Papers
Abstract :A fragment of a jar insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(No. 9124); from Kayseri, now in the Archeological Museum, Ankara is a typical exemplar of reliefied Hittite pottery. I am very much obliged to the Archeologist Mr. Nuri Gökçe for his kind permission to publish this beautiful piece. The profile of this big, brick-red jar which was made with help of the potters wheel must have widened in a curve, although the rim is missing. The jar has the shape of an egg, with a wide neck and stretched shoulders. The rıbbon-shaped handle has a dark-red, well polished d.-ad-colour. At its right is a relief painted with three black strings on a dark-red dead-colour. This relief must have been an animal design, now missingKeywords : ceramic, Hittite, Archeological Museum Anakara, Kayseri