We had a very happy evening with quite a few members of TriCity Potters here on Wednesday. Lots of yummy potluck food and conversation. It’s always fun to show our collection of pots from England, the US Southwest, Mexico and pots made around here. There are many interesting activities planned for our local potters in 2011.

Today I’ll continue with showing pottery-related inspirations from Turkey. Our travels took us to Bodrum on the Aegean. The crusaders’ castle is now mainly a museum of marine archaeology. Sunken ships nearby have yielded a vast collection of goods so there is a chronology of amphora shapes.

I have a badly photographed description of the amphora production. Click on the image to enlarge and read it.

and a fine floor mosaic of amphorae..

and another..

There is a mural showing the contents of an Aegean trading ship and following that I have put a photo of the same pots as they were found at the bottom of the ocean.

and finally some handled bottles   that have been reassembled and are displayed in the Bodrum museum.