King Midas Pottery, a photo from Ankara, Central Anatolia

Photographer's Note

This Phrygian (Frigian) pottery, taken from the tomb of the father of King Midas, is dated at 740 BC. It is now in the Gordion Museum across the street from the tumulus. I had to wait 20 minutes for the cleaners to gently dust them, but managed to get a shot when they had finished. It is not often that I get to upload to an entirely new location in TE so here is one more. There are about a dozen or so shots taken from the train near Polatli but none from Gordion or Yassihuyuk.

"In 1939, Rodney Young and a team from the University of Pennsylvania opened a chamber tomb at the heart of the Great Tumulus (in Greek, ОњОµОіО¬О»О· О¤ОїПЌОјПЂО±) - 53 metres in height, about 300 metres in diameter - on the site of ancient Gordion (modern YassihГ¶yГјk, Turkey), where there are more than 100 tumuli of different sizes and from different periods. They discovered a royal burial, its timbers recently dated as cut to about 740 BC complete with remains of the funeral feast and "the best collection of Iron Age drinking vessels ever uncovered". (Wikipedia)

edge, ikeharel, seres76, kordinator, mirosu, Miguel82, ourania, delpeoples has marked this note useful

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edge (7409) 2015-02-26 19:36

Hello Chris,

Fine shot of this pottery. It is hard to imagine something as old as this. I am sure it is usable. I envy you your travel in Turkey. My two days in Istanbul and one day in a smaller town, was just not enough.

Look forward to some more post from there. Enjoyed this one. Roger

ikeharel (113501) 2015-02-26 21:47

Good morning Chris,
Tried to give critique to the preceeding post - but could not. So, this is where King Midas hide his golden treasures. Details are shown marvelousely, paintings are in good condition after so long time past.
Nice applied.
Ike

mirosu (16313) 2015-02-26 23:46

Hello Chris,
Excellent, nicely arranged close-up photo with very nice colors, perfect light, very good clarity and splendid details. Also the choice of the tight cropping suits the shape of the subject.
Very well done.
Greetings,
MIRO
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emka (158204) 2015-02-27 0:11

Hi Still problems with posting critiques. So I just copy the same text. Sorry.
Again, not golden? . Warm regard s MAlgo

kordinator (8738) 2015-02-27 0:30

Hello Chris
A beautiful old pottery, taken from the tomb of the father of King Midas.
Nice presentation of this place.
Beautiful shapes and patterns on them.
Great light and sharpness as well as composition.
Kind regards
SaЕЎa

Nicou (193806) 2015-02-27 1:56

Hello

Superbe iamge de ces anciennes poteries quelle vue et ocmpo fantastique iamge de trГЁs belle piГЁces mervielleux.
Bravo et amitiГ©
Nciou

snunney (130967) 2015-02-27 3:54

Hello Chris,
I like the framing and the colours along with the excellent detail to be observed.

Miguel82 (47110) 2015-02-28 11:06

It is a meticulous work of archeology to reconstitute those antique pottery Chris
excellent close up
studying them we can learn and understand that region and population history

berek (50518) 2015-03-01 22:13

Dear Chris,
Superb iamge of these ancient pottery and what a view ocmpo fantastic iamge of beautiful mervielleux parts.King Midas was fond of pleasure :-)
Greetings
Burak Erek

ourania (51103) 2015-03-03 12:01

Hello Chris,
these ancient objects are beautiful, their well designed shapes and fine decorative patterns make them so attractive. I like very much how the arrangement in your frame looks casual, there is agreeable balance, repetition and variation. The colours are natural and lovely, I also like the soft shadows and the 3D effect they produce. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great evening,
Ourania

delpeoples (60342) 2015-03-10 5:40

Ciao dear Chris

I love ceramics. These are beautiful, so ancient and so well-photographed. The earthy colours are superb as is the sharpness and excellent depth of field.

A very interesting note too.

Warmest wishes
Lisa