Lapithos 69-35-515 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Lapithos 69-35-515

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Context Information

Site Name

Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba

Date

2200 BCE - 1750 BCE

Site Type

Cemetery/Necropolis

Country/Region

Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast

Period

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II

Archaeological Context

Tomb 820

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bottle

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Body of the vessel composed of buff clay (7.5YR 8/4). Neck and rim of vessel composed of gray clay ().

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cosmetic/Toilette/Medicine

Surface treatment

Thin red/brown (5YR 5/6, yellowish red) lustrous slip on lower body and matte black (GLEY 1 2.5/N, black) slip on shoulder, neck, and rim. Incised decoration: horizontal band of hatched lozenges joined by double diagonal lines, discontinuous at one point; design repeated on neck.

Manufacturing Technique

Handmade

Firing

Partially oxidized, partially reduced

Vessel Images 3

Lapithos 69-35-515

Bottle

Lapithos

2200 BCE - 1750 BCE

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II

Lapithos 69-35-515

Bottle

Lapithos

2200 BCE - 1750 BCE

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II

Lapithos 69-35-515

Bottle

Lapithos

2200 BCE - 1750 BCE

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Cypriot Black Polished (Bronze Age)

2200 BCE - 1750 BCE

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Associated Petrofabric

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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 439-440, Number Tomb 820, no. 6.
The Digital Penn Museum . 19 Oct 2019. https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/83542

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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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