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Vessel: Lapithos 32-27-85

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Context Information

Site Name

Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba

Date

1950 BCE - 1750 BCE

Site Type

Cemetery/Necropolis

Country/Region

Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast

Period

Middle Cypriot I-II

Archaeological Context

Tomb 804A

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Vessel Details

Shape

Juglet

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Fabric 7.5YR 6/3, fine-medium clay, few small mineral inclusions, voids from lime dissolution, few small organics. Thick hard fine light brown (7.5YR 8/3,pink) clay with many small holes.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Very light brown slip (7.5YR 8/3, pink); fairly lustrous dark brown (7.5YR 5/4, brown) to bright red (2.5YR 5/4, reddish brown) paint.

Manufacturing Technique

Handmade

Firing

Oxidized

Vessel Images 4

Lapithos 32-27-85

Juglet

Lapithos

1950 BCE - 1750 BCE

Middle Cypriot I-II

Lapithos 32-27-85

Juglet

Lapithos

1950 BCE - 1750 BCE

Middle Cypriot I-II

Lapithos 32-27-85

Juglet

Lapithos

1950 BCE - 1750 BCE

Middle Cypriot I-II

Lapithos 32-27-85

Juglet

Lapithos

1950 BCE - 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 Porous

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

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 98, Number Tomb 804A.
The Digital Penn Museum. 19 Oct 2019. https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/123199

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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.

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