East Greek Pottery (Routledge Readings in Classical Archaeology Series)

250 Pages·1998·57.8 MB·English

by  R.M. Cook

EAST GREEK
POTTERY
R.M. Cook and Pierre Dupont
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London aNd New YoRk
EAST GREEK POTTERY
East Greek Pottery pRovides a comprehensive suRvey of tHE potteRy Made
by the Greek settlers aloNg the western coast of TurKey. The various styles
of decoralion descriHed cover the period from tHe eleventh ceNtury to tHe
Beginning of the fifth century HC. SubsequeNt)y competitiON from Athens
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pressed local potters into using very simple ornament.
Chapters include analysis of Grey ware, relief ware and archaic East
Greek containers (or trade) amphoras, a class of pottery which is now
attracting attention for its contribution to the study ol ancient economic
history.
East Greek pottery is a field that has been neglected, and much remains
uncertain. Conjecture and fact have been clearly distinguished in this
volume, and detailed references allow the evidence to He viewed and judged
by the reader.
R.M. Cook is Emeritus Professor of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
University. Pierre Dupont is at CNRS, Lyons, Prance.
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Cook, Robert Manuel.
East Greek pottery/R.M. Cook and Pierre Dupont.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Pottery, Greek - Turkey - Aegean Sea Coast - Themes, motives.
2. Pottery, Ancient - Turkey - Aegean Sea Coast - Themes, motives.
I. Dupont, Pierre. II. Title.
NK3840.C67 1998
738'.0939'2-dc21 97-7494
ISBN 0^15-16601-2
To Catherine Dupont, who did most of the donkey work
CONTENTS
List of illustrations x
Preface xxi
Preliminary notes xxii
Glossary xxv
1 Introduction 1
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2 The evidence 5
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3 Chronology 8
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4 Protogeornetric 11
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5 Geometric 15
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Middle Geometric 15
Z-cttc Geometric 17
6 Bird Howls And Rosette Howls 26
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7 Early Orientalising 29
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8 The Wild Goat style 32
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South Ionia 33
C/)WJ 46
A/ortA /oni(! 51
Aeolis 56
Dorian region 61
Caria 63
Lydia 66
Colonial imitations 66
Thasos 67
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Etruria (the Swallow Painter) 68
'Melian' 70
9 Chian: Grand and Black-figure styles 71
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The Grand style 71
Black-figure groups 73
10 Fikellura 77
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Metropolitan school 77
Colonial imitations 89
Caria (and some oddments) 90
11 Ionian Little Masters 92
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12 Cla/.omeniart Black-figure 95
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13 Northampton and Campana groups 108
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Northampton and Campana groups 108
Caeretan hydrias 111
14 Vroulian 114
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^15 Situlas 116
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5 16 Late Black-figure 119
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17 Clazomenian sarcophagi 121
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18 Ionian cups 129
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\ 19 Banded and Plain wares 132
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20 Grey ware and Bucchcro 135
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Aeolian Grey ware 135
'Rhodian' Bucchcro 136
21 Relief ware 138
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22 Faience 140
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23 Archaic East Greek trade amphoras 142
Pierre Ditpont
Introduction 142
Chian amphoras 146
Clazomenian amphoras 151
Lesbian amphoras 156
Samian amphoras 164
Milesian amphoras 170
Zeest's 'Samian' and 'Protothasian' amphoras 178
Zeest's 'Thasian circle' 186
Notes 192
/«(/ex 223
ILLUSTRATIONS
\ 1.1 Map of the Aegean and East GreeK region. 3
5 4.1 Coan Late Prologometnc oinochoe: Cos 440.
i Ht 22.7 cm. 950-900. (After ASA 56 (1978), fig. 48.) 13
4.2 Coan Late Proiogeometric skyphos: Cos 495.
Ht 7.9 cm. 950-900. (After ASA 56 (1978), fig. 92). 13
'! 4.3 Late Protogeometric amphora horn Dirmil,
Caria. Bodrum. Ht 45.8 cm. c. 900. (AJA 67 (1963),
pi. 83.16.) 14
5.1 Coan Middle Geometric lekytlios: Cambridge,
Museum of Classical Archaeology 461.
Ht 22 cm. 800-750. (Museum photo.) 16
v1 5.2 Rhodian Late Geometric krater: Berlin Inv. 2941.
I Ik 34.5cm. 750-700. (Jdl 1 11886], 135.) 17
5.3 Rhodian Late Geometric oinochoe: Berlin Inv. 2940.
lit 48cm. Bird and Zigzag painter: 725-700.
|| (JJI 1 11886|, 135.) 18
, ;! 5.4 Rhodian Late Geometric oinochoe: Munich 455.
Hi 22 cm. Bird kotyle workshop: 700-675.
(Museum photo.) 19
*:•v-.* $* . . 5.5 Rhodian Subgeometric skyphos: Birmingham
1 E- i: University. Ht 12.8 cm. c. 650.
•\>':' -. (Photo R.A. Tomlinson.) 20
5.6 Carian Late Cjeometnc kotyle: Cambridge,
-•'.'' ' • Museum ol Classical Archaeology 463A.
I* lit 9.3cm. Related to Bird koiyle workshop:
: , 700-650. (Museum photo.) 20
& 5.7 ,Rhodian Subgeometric aryballos: Lund 61.
Ht c. 9 cm. Spaghetti group (Kreis-und-Wellenband
;'•' • ' style). 700-650. (Lindos t, 304 fig. 30.) 21
5.8 Chian Late Geometric krater (restored): Chios,
t': from Emporio. 1 It 34 cm. c. 700. (Eniporio, fig. 62.) 23
' i 5.9 North Ionian Late Geometric krater, fragment:
i.'. :: - Izmir, from Smyrna. Width ol fragment C. 35 cm.
f' 725-700. (Photo J.M. Cook.) 24
6.1 Bird bowl: Copenhagen ABc 899. Ill 5.5cm.
Mid 7th century. {Vroulia, fig. 44.) . 27
— 1 lliisirtit torn —
6.2 Rosette bowl: lost (from Vroulia). 1 It 9 cm.
Early 6th century. (Vroulia, pi. 43.25—la.) 28
7.1 a Rhodian Early Orientalising onioclioe. fragment
of shoulder: British Museum 61.4—25.48. Scale
c. 2:3. Second quarter or middle of 7th century.
(Kardara, fig. 2.) 30
b Rhodian Early Orientalising fragment, perhaps
from neck of very big amphora: British Museum
64.10-7.1237. Scale c. 2:7. Second quarter or middle
of 7th century. (Kardara, fig. 3.) 30
7.2 Milesian Early Orientalising amphora, fragment
of neck: Balat (Miletus), lit of neck c. 10 cm.
Second quarter or middle of 7tli century.
(Excavation photo.) 30
7.3 North Ionian Early Orientalising fragments: Izmir
(from Smyrna). Third quarter of 7th century.
(Photo J.M. Cook.) 31
8.1 Syrian or Phoenician iridachn.i shell: private collection.
Width 12.7 cm. 7th century. 33
8.2 South Ionian Early Wild C*>at style oinochoe,
detail of shoulder: Brussels A1960. Scale c, 3:5.
Mid 7th century. 34
8.3 South Ionian Early Wild Goat style oinochoe:
Bocluun S985. lit 23.2cm. c. 650-640.
(Museum photo.) 35
8.4 South Ionian Early Wild Goal style oinochoe,
detail of belly: l.aon 37.786. Scale c 1:3. c. 650-640. 35
8.5 South Ionian Middle I Wild Goat style oinochoe:
St Petersburg TGI2. lit 27cm. 640-630.
(Museum photo.) 36
8.6 South Ionian Middle I Wild Goat style oinochoe:
Richmond (Va) 82.203. I It 32.3 cm. c. 630.
(Museum photo.) 37
8.7 South Ionian Middle II Wild Goat style oinochoe:
Louvre A312. Hi 30.5 cm. c. 625-615. (Kardara, fig. 59.) 39
8.8 South Ionian Middle 11 Wild Goat style oinochoe:
Karlsruhe 72.133. lit 35cm. c. 615-600.
(Museum photo.) 40
8.9 South Ionian Middle 11 Wild Goat style oinochoe:
Louvre A32O. Ill 33cm. c. 615-600.
(Vrutilui, fig. 13.) 41
8.10 South Ionian Middle II Wild Goat style oinochoe:
lost (from Vrouli.i). I It 27.5 cm. c. 600.
(Vroulia, pi. 24.5.) 42
— 1/lustrations —
8.11 South Ionian Middle 11 Wild Goat style stemmed
dish: lost (from Vroulia). Diam. c. 34 cm. c. 625-600.
{Vroulia, pi. 17.3a.) 43
8.12 South Ionian Middle III Wild Goat style oinochoe,
fragment of shoulder: ISalat (Miletus) K89.506.1.
Width of fragment 9.5 cm. First quarter of 6th century.
(Excavation photo.) 45
8.13 Lotus flowers and buds. 46
a Middle I and II Wild Goat style, c. 630-600.
I • b Middle II Wild Goat style, c. 615-600.
Cpd Late Wild Goat style, earlier 6th century.
e I'ikellura, mid and later 6th century.
8.14 Middle Wild Goat style stemmed dish, fragment
(probably Ephesian): British Museum 1907.12-1.679.
' Width of fragment 11.5 cm. Perhaps c. 625.
r- (D.G. Hogarth, Excavations at Ephesus, pi. 49.1a.) 47
8.15 Chian Middle II Wild Goat style chalice: Wiirzburg
1.128. lit 15.4 cm. End of 7th century. (Museum photo.) 48
8.16 Chian Chalice style chalice: Louvre A330.1. Ht 15 cm.
lirst quarter ol 6th century or a little later. (S. Zervos,
| Rhodes, Capitate du Dodecanese, fig. 38.) 50
J" 8.17 North Ionian Late Wild Goat style krater, fragment:
|j " Izmir (from Smyrna), c. 610-600. (Photo J.M. Cook.) 52
8.18 North Ionian Late Wild Goat style tlish: Tocra 636.
n | Diam. 21.5 cm. c. 575. (After Tocra 1, pi. 35 and fig. 26.) 53
8.19 North Ionian Late Wild Goat style krater (the handles
are ornamental): lost (from Vroulia). Ht 31 cm.
I c. 600-575. (Vroulia, pi. 15.) 54
8.20 North Ionian Late Wild Goat style oinochoe:
i Copcnhagen..5607. lit 35.8cm. (The animals ON the
shoulder are black-figured.) First third of 6th century.
\0 '• , (Kardara, fig. 179.) 55
8.21 Aeolian Middle Wild Goat style oinochoe from 'Larisa',
• .i -' • fragment: Gottingen. Ht of fragment c. 30 cm. End of
| !;.' 7th or early 6th century. (Photo J. Boehlau.) 58
8.22 Aeolian Middle Wild Goat style amphora from Pitane:
.Izmir 5625. Perhaps first quarter of 6th century.
f (Photo J.S. Cole.) 59
8.23 Aeolian Middle Wild Goat style dinos: Izmir 5018.
London Dinos group. First quarter of 6th century.
(Photo J.S. Cole.) 60
I 8.24 Dorian Wild Goat style plate: British Museum
60.4-4.1. Diam. 25 cm. First third of 6th century.
(Kardara, fig. 284.) 62