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Site: Kyrenia Ship

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Site Information

Site name (primary, secondary):

Kyrenia Ship

Country/region:

Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast

Alternate names & spellings:

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Coordinates (N,E):

35.441282 , 33.304699

Periods attested by vessels on the LCP:

Cypro-Classical II, Early Hellenistic

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Site Description

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Related Images

Kyrenia II, a reproduction of the Kyrenia Ship, 1986

Kyrenia II, a reproduction of the Kyrenia Ship, under sail, 1986

Vessels 82

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Kyrenia Ship P148

Chytra

Kyrenia Ship

Late 4th c. - early 3th c. BCE

Early Hellenistic

Kyrenia Ship P122

Lamp

Kyrenia Ship

Late 4th c. - early 3th c. BCE

Early Hellenistic

Kyrenia Ship P157

Jar

Kyrenia Ship

Late 4th c. - early 3th c. BCE

Early Hellenistic

Kyrenia Ship P149

Cup

Kyrenia Ship

Mid-late 4th c. BCE

Cypro-Classical II

Break Photos 1

Kyrenia Ship P162

Casserole/Lopas

Kyrenia Ship

Late 4th c. - early 3th c. BCE

Early Hellenistic

Petrographic Samples 0

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Site/Project URLs and Database Links

Site/Project URLs
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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Ware name:

Date:

Period:

Rhodian Classical-Hellenistic Color-Coated Ware

5th-1st c. BCE

Classical, Hellenistic

Associated Petro-fabrics

Cyprus/Paphos/Fine fabric with clay lumps and clay striations

Israel/Central Coastal Plain/calcareous clay/quartz and tuff

Israel/Central Coastal Plain/red loamy soil/Hamra

Israel/Northern Coastal Plain ferruginous/quartz sand

Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Bibliography

Katzev, Michael L. and Katzev, Susan W.. "Last Harbor for the Oldest Ship" National Geographic 146.5 (1974), 618-625
Katzev, Susan "The Kyrenia Ship: Her Recent Journey" Near Eastern Archaeology 71 (2008), 76-81
Berlin, Andrea M.. "At Home on Board: the Kyrenia Ship and the goods of its crew" in Daily Life in a Cosmopolitan World: Pottery and Culture in the Hellenistic Period, ed(s). A. Peignard-Giros. Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the International Association for Research on Pottery of the Hellenistic Period, Lyon 2015 Vienna: Phoibos Verlag, 2019, 563-571
Berlin, Andrea M.. "The Goods of the Crew" in The Kyrenia Ship Final Publication, Volume I: History of the Excavation and Evidence for Dating, ed(s). Susan W. Katzev. The Kyrenia Ship Final Publication Series Oxford: Oxbow, forthcoming

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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