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Vessel: Penn Museum 32-27-211

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Context Information

Site Name

Lapithos, Vrysi tou Barba

Date

2200 BCE - 1550 BCE

Site Type

Cemetery/Necropolis

Country/Region

Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains an...

Period

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypri...

Archaeological Context

Tomb 804O

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Vessel Details

Shape

Amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Hard very light yellow...

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Self slip; dark brown ...

Manufacturing Technique

Handmade

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Penn Museum 32-27-211

Amphora

Lapithos

2200 BCE - 1550 BCE

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II, Middle Cypriot III

Penn Museum 32-27-211

Amphora

Lapithos

2200 BCE - 1550 BCE

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II, Middle Cypriot III

Penn Museum 32-27-211

Amphora

Lapithos

2200 BCE - 1550 BCE

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II, Middle Cypriot III

Penn Museum 32-27-211

Amphora

Lapithos

2200 BCE - 1550 BCE

Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II, Middle Cypriot III

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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

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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 137, Number Tomb 804O, no. 1.
The Digital Penn Museum. 19 Oct 2019. https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/104173

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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 167.