THE ATTICA CERAMICS FROM ANTANDROS NECROPOLIS
Project no. 941 · Status: Kapanmış · 2016
Summary
This paper studies the Attic pottery found in the tombs unearthed in the years 2001-2010 at the Necropolis of Antandros. Although there have been many tombs uncovered in the necropolis from various periods, only 17 of them bore pottery of Attic production. 12 of these tombs were stone sarcophagi, while the remaining five were consisted of one pithos, one roof tile, and three simple inhumation tombs. Two of these 17 tombs have been dated to the archaic period while the other two belong to the classical period. From these tombs a total of 66 Attic pottery vessels have been unearthed. These 66 vessels include 18 lekythoi, 14 bolsals, 11 stemless cups, 4 cup-cantharoi, 3 cup-skyphoi, 3 kylikes, 3 amphoriskoi, 2 skyphoi, 2 alabastra, 2 pelikes, 2 salt-cellars, 1 amphora and 1 bowl. Among these vessels, the earliest ones are the three amphoriskoi, dated to the second quarter of the 6th century BC, which were found in the pithos tomb that belonged to a child. The latest vessels in this study are the cup-kantharoi found in a stone sarcophagus dated the 350-325 BC. The majority of the finds are perfume bottles, lekythoi and alabastra, and drinking cups, bolsals, stemless cups, kylikes, skyphoi, cup-skyphoi and cup-cantharoi. These drinking vessels have shiny black Attic glaze with stamped palmette and tongue decoration in the tondo. Five of the lekythoi are of the squat type, two of which have red-figure decorations and three are Attic black glazed. The remaining 13 lekythoi have vertical bodies that taper towards the disc-shaped base, one of which has a red-figure decoration and the remaining twelve have a black figure decoration. The data collected so far indicates that Attic pottery appeared at the Necropolis of Antandros as tomb offerings in the first half of the 6th century BC. Its use seems to increase in the 5th century BC and they remained in use until the end of the 4th century BC. It can be concluded that Attic pottery was more frequently used at the Necropolis of Antandros during the Classical Period. Key Words: Antandrus, Attica, Classic, Necropolis, Pottery