Kourion 49-12-758 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Kourion 49-12-758

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Context Information

Site Name

Kourion/Episkopi, Kaloriziki

Date

900-800 BCE

Site Type

Cemetery/Necropolis

Country/Region

Cyprus/Western South Coast

Period

Cypro-Geometric III

Archaeological Context

Tomb 27:28

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

Two-handled deep bowl

Fabric Description

core (2.5 YR 5/6 (red) on either side of 2.5 YR 7/4 (light reddish brown); many sand, few lime, few voids

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Red slip (2.5YR 5/6 (red)), horizontally burnished, black paint, decoration on body and handles, and grooves added before slip at rim

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

oxidized

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Kourion 49-12-758

Bowl

Kourion/Episkopi

900-800 BCE

Cypro-Geometric III

Kourion 49-12-758

Bowl

Kourion/Episkopi

900-800 BCE

Cypro-Geometric III

Kourion 49-12-758

Bowl

Kourion/Episkopi

900-800 BCE

Cypro-Geometric III

Kourion 49-12-758

Bowl

Kourion/Episkopi

900-800 BCE

Cypro-Geometric III

Break Photos 1

Kourion 49-12-758

Bowl

Kourion/Episkopi

900-800 BCE

Cypro-Geometric III

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Cypriot Iron Age Black-on-Red wares (BOR)

ca. 925/900 BCE - 300 BCE

Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, Cypro-Classical

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Benson, Jack L. The Necropolis of Kaloriziki Excavated by J. F. Daniel and G. H. McFadden for the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 36. Göteborg: Åströms, 1973 , Page 103, Plate 35, K670.
Penn Museum. The Digital Penn Museum. 19 October 2019. https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/337797 , Page https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/337797.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This entry was created during an LCP workshop at the University of Pennsylvania, Oct. 19, 2019, and merges Jack Benson's observations in his 1973 book with observations made during the workshop. This object is Field no. P382.