ABSTRACT
The vessel types introduced were chosen according to formal similarities with the statistically determined 'core' group and the stratigraphic distribution of the shapes as reflected in the YuTAKE reports. While the vessel type provides a useful point of orientation, it is simply insufficient for a characterisation of the pottery production as a whole. As a result the author considers additional evidence to gain a broader spectrum of the Late Sasanian pottery repertoire. Considering the Late Sasanian pottery shapes as a group, a greater homogeneity is immediately noticeable in the material. The close similarity between a wide range of rim shapes makes an unambiguous attribution to specific vessel types often impossible. Parallels are hardly found for this period and the few analogies cited are scattered over a larger territory, though the closest similarities apparently occur within the heartland of the Sasanian Empire.
