A Foreign Potter in the Pylian Kingdom? A Reanalysis of the Ceramic Assemblage of Room 60 in the Palace of Nestor at Pylos

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d i n i n g i n t h e s a n c t ua r y o f de m e t e r a n d k or e 1 Vo l u m e 8 5 2 0 1 6 Hesperia SupplementsThe Hesperia Supplement series (ISSN 1064-1173) presents book-length studies in the fields of Greek archaeology, art, language, and history. Founded in 1937, the series was originally designed to accommodate extended essays too long for inclusion in Hesperia. Since that date the Supplements have established a strong identity of their own, featuring single-author monographs, excavation reports, and edited collections on topics of interest to researchers in classics, archaeology, art history, and Hellenic studies.Back issues of Hesperia and Hesperia Supplements are electronically archived in JSTOR (www.jstor.org), where all but the most recent titles may be found. For order information and a complete list of titles, see the ASCSA website (www.ascsa.edu.gr). The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, established in 1881, is a research and teaching institution dedicated to the advanced study of the archaeology, art, history, philosophy, language, and literature of Greece and the Greek world. © T h e A m e r i c a n S c h o o l o f C l a s s i c a l S t u d i e s a t A t h e n s INTRODUCT IONAfter reviewing the scholarly literature on pottery from the Palace of Nestor that has appeared since its original publication, 1 one could rightly ask if there is much new that can be said about the great quantity of pottery stored in the palace at the moment of its final destruction.2 Numerous scholars dealing with the pottery from Pylos have covered a variety of topics, ranging from chronology, 3 through production and consumption, 3.