Depas

Wheel-made depas with glossy red slip.
The vessel has a slightly everted rim, long
cylindrical body and small flat base. The
two handles are round in cross section
and extend from some way below the
rim to join the base of the vessel. The
whole body and inside edge of the rim
are coated in slip. Two-handled drinking
cups known as depas are found over a
large area including the Aegean region,
the Balkans, Anatolia and Syria. They
have been uncovered in large numbers in
western and central Anatolia and reflect
a shared drinking culture. This vessel
type first emerged in the Early Bronze
Age II and was used for a relatively long
period through the Early Bronze Age
III. This example is thought to come
from northwestern Anatolia, which was
a major centre of depas production.
Similar examples have been found at
Troy, Poliochni, Kusura, Kültepe, Asarcık/
Ilıca, Bahçetepe, the Heraion of Samos,
Bakla Tepe, Panaztepe, Aphrodisias and
Seyitömer Höyük (see Yılmaz 2010, pp.
45, 49, 64; Şahoğlu-Sotirakopoulou 2011,
pp. 330-331,
344).