ANATOLIAN YORTAN BLACKWARE VESSEL

Circa Early Bronze Age II, 2700-2400 BC. A blackware pottery vessel with sloping body, two lug handles and a pointed bottom. The two lug handles would have been used to hang this vessel from a wall. A method of early storage. Ancient Western Anatolia is famous for a number of large ruins, most notably Troy (Hisarlik), but many mysteries of this lost culture remain. The Yortan culture is known through a burial site in the valley of Bakir Cai that has not been well-studied. Adults and children are buried, crouched, in large terracotta storage containers; around them were placed a great deal of pottery in the form of jugs, jars, and occasionally bowls, much of it blackware just like these examples.Size: L:90mm / W:60mm ; 90gProvenance: Property of a UK Ancient Art Gallery, formerly in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feuer, NY., acquired 1970s - 1980s.