Ancient Anatolian Yortan Blackware Tripod Jar with Lid beads was placed in the reservoir

was placed in the reservoir and fueled with castor or sesame oil to provide light

appealing simplicity

Some scholars even suggest that bead trading contributed to the development of language by encouraging increasingly complex social interaction

Two small loop handles are applied to the neck for suspension

the city’s founder

Ancient Anatolian Yortan Blackware Tripod Jar with Lid beads was placed in the reservoirYortan Culture, Early Bronze Age II, c. 27002400 BC, Kula, Manisa Province, Northwestern Anatolia A magnificent and exceptionally rare hand built ceramic jar with lid from the Early Bronze Age Yortan culture, this striking vessel exemplifies the high level of ceramic sophistication achieved in prehistoric Anatolia. Fashioned from dark grey to black clay, the jar displays a rounded, slightly compressed vase shaped body with gently sloping shoulders,