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Mycenaean feasting on Tsoungiza at Ancient Nemea
Hesperia, Spring, 2004 by Mary K. Dabney, Paul Halstead, Patrick Thomas
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Another popular open serving vessel present in this deposit is the stemmed bowl, FS 304 (Fig. 4); other than several examples decorated with stipple pattern, nearly all of these are solidly painted. They comprise a minimum of 4.6% of the painted sherds, but because of the difficulty in distinguishing between some rims and body sherds of these vessels and those of solidly painted kylikes, the true proportion is probably closer to 10%. The only other open shape among the painted sherds that accounts for more than 2% of the total is a peculiar deep cup (similar to FS 214) with a solidly painted interior.
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Of the unpainted pottery, the SAB (FS 295, Fig. 5) accounts for 2.7% of the fine features and 1.1% of all unpainted features; the same percentages apply to the unpainted shallow cup. Dippers make up 2.3% and 0.9% of the unpainted fine features and total unpainted features, respectively. Apart from some conical cups (FS 204), which may have served as lamps, only a small number of open vessels are present. These percentages are comparable to those of the EU 2 deposit. The raw percentages conceal the fact, however, that the remains of the SABs could often be mended into whole profiles or at least very substantial portions of the vessels.
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Among closed vessels (criterion 3), large and medium-sized jugs and hydrias are the most common shapes represented in painted and unpainted assemblages in EU 9. Sherds from painted jugs and hydrias make up 4% of all painted sherds (cf. the EU 2 deposit with 9%). At Mycenae, in the Citadel House room 3 deposit, painted jugs comprise 4.9% of the painted sherds; in the South House room 22 deposit, 3.7%. At Korakou, jugs make up roughly 2% of the total painted sherds in the East Alley deposit. Among the unpainted pottery in EU 9, sherds from the jug/hydria make up 15% of all diagnostic sherds, in comparison to 10.5% of all features in the EU 2 deposit. In the South House room 22 deposit at Mycenae, the jug/hydria makes up only 7.5% of the unpainted features; although exact figures are not provided, the percentage in the Citadel House room 3 deposit appears to be even lower. (27) The unpainted jug/hydria may thus be more common in the Tsoungiza EU 9 deposit than is usual.
Cooking vessels of various kinds are present in abundance, including tripod cooking pots, at least three kinds of cooking jar, and two possible cooking lids. In both the EU 2 and EU 9 deposits, cooking vessels make up roughly half of the medium-coarse pottery and a tenth of all unpainted sherds. The latter figure is somewhat more than the 6.6% seen in the South House room 22 deposit at Mycenae.
In terms of the presence of special ritual vessels (criterion 4), this deposit contains a single example of the miniature kylix with high handles (FS 272; Fig. 6) that Stocker and Davis (this volume) connect to ritual feasting at Pylos. The rim diameter is only ca. 8 cm, about half the normal rim diameter of a kylix. This vessel is the only identified example of a miniature kylix at Tsoungiza in LH III levels, and its appearance may represent a link to sacrificial practices and feasting.
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