Korinthisierende Kotylen in Ephesos

Ein Fallbeispiel zur ionischen Gefäßproduktion nach korinthischem Vorbild im späten 8. und frühen 7. Jahrhundert v. Chr.

Abstract

The present paper investigates a small group of kotylai from the archaic settlement underneath the Tetragonos-Agora in Ephesos. Due to their explicit dependence on proto-Corinthian prototypes, they are recognisable as a distinct group within the repertoire of Ionian drinking vessels. Ephesos so far provides the largest number of those Corinthianising kotylai in Ionia that besides are also known from other find spots such as Smyrna, Samos and Miletos. Based on the well stratified contexts in the Ephesian settlement the typological and chronological development of Corinthianising kotylai of presumable Ionian production are discussed in consideration of their Corinthian shape-models. A second focus of the study lies on the functional and economic implications of these vessels. On that behalf, the group of kotylai is analysed against the background of other Corinthianising productions of the late 8th and early 7th centuries BC in Ionia and in selected other areas of the Greek world.