Lapithos 32-27-59 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Lapithos 32-27-59

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Context Information

Site Name

Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba

Date

1950-1750 BCE

Site Type

Cemetery/Necropolis

Country/Region

Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast

Period

Middle Cypriot I-II

Archaeological Context

Tomb 803B

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jug/pitcher

Shape Type

Jug, round-bottomed

Fabric Description

Fabric 5YR 6/6, fine clay, common small mineral inclusions, common organics. Hard bright orange clay (Herscher 1978); 7.5YR 7/4 (pink) (exterior), 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown)

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Lustrous dark red to mostly brown paint over thin yellow slip (Herscher 1978); Paint (10R 4/4 (weak red)); slip is a self-slip, see vessel surface color.

Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

oxydized

Vessel Images 2

Lapithos 32-27-59

Jug/pitcher

Lapithos

1950-1750 BCE

Middle Cypriot I-II

Lapithos 32-27-59

Jug/pitcher

Lapithos

1950-1750 BCE

Middle Cypriot I-II

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Middle-Late Cypriot White Painted Handmade Wares

1950 BCE-1300 BCE

Middle Cypriot I-II, Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot II A-B

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Associated Petrofabric

Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast/Fine (Bronze Age)

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Herscher, Ellen. in New Light from Lapithos (in The Archaeology of Cyprus: Recent Developments, ed(s). Robinson, N. 1975 , Plate 50.
Herscher, Ellen Carol. "The Bronze Age Cemetery at Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba, Cyprus: Results of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Excavation, 1931", PhD, Classical Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania, 1978 , Page(s) 71-72, Number Tomb 803B, no. 4.
Penn Museum. The Digital Penn Museum. 18 October 2019. https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/12424

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This entry was created during an LCP workshop at the University of Pennsylvania, Oct. 19, 2019, and merges Ellen Herscher's observations in her 1978 dissertation with observations made during the workshop. This object is Field no. SF 108.