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Vessel: Lapithos 32-27-16

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Context Information

Site Name

Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba

Date

2200-1750 BCE

Site Type

Cemetery/Necropolis

Country/Region

Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast

Period

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II

Archaeological Context

Tomb 802A

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Vessel Details

Shape

Flask

Shape Type

Flat base flask

Fabric Description

Gray clay (Munsell gray 10YR 6/1)

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Cosmetic/Toilette/Medicine

Surface treatment

Thin matte black slip (Munsell very dark gray GLEY2 3/N), brown (Munsell pink 7.5YR 8/3) on one side of neck

Manufacturing Technique

Hand-made

Firing

Reduced

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Lapithos 32-27-16

Flask

Lapithos

2200-1750 BCE

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II

Lapithos 32-27-16

Flask

Lapithos

2200-1750 BCE

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II

Lapithos 32-27-16

Flask

Lapithos

2200-1750 BCE

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II

Lapithos 32-27-16

Flask

Lapithos

2200-1750 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

The Digital Penn Museum. 2019-10-19. https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/216728
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 26, Number Tomb 802A no. 5.
Herscher, Ellen. in New Light from Lapithos (in The Archaeology of Cyprus: Recent Developments, ed(s). Robinson, N. 1975 , Plate 45.

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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 Hershcer's observations in her 1978 dissertation with observations made during the workshop. The object is Field no. 26.