Lapithos 69-35-670 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Lapithos 69-35-670

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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 and North Coast

Period

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

Archaeological Context

Tomb 827B

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Hard fine light brown clay.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Uneven lustrous brown slip with horizontal purple band, narrow black top. Undecorated.

Manufacturing Technique

Handmade

Firing

Oxidized

Vessel Images 3

Lapithos 69-35-670

Bowl

Lapithos

2200 BCE - 1550 BCE

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

Lapithos 69-35-670

Bowl

Lapithos

2200 BCE - 1550 BCE

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

Lapithos 69-35-670

Bowl

Lapithos

2200 BCE - 1550 BCE

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

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

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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 536, Number Tomb 827B, no. 42.
The Digital Penn Museum. 19 Oct 2019. https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/71809

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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 692.