Tarsus EBA sample 32 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tarsus EBA sample 32

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Context Information

Site Name

Tarsus, Gozlukule

Date

2750-2450 BCE

Site Type

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Country/Region

Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean

Period

Early Bronze II

Archaeological Context

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

5YR 7/6 – Reddish yellow

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Self-slip. Outside roughly scraped, only the rim area lightly smoothed with horizontal strokes. On the inside the slip is removed in circular bands reminiscent of Fine Spiral Banded Ware. Two small holes by the rim were made when the clay was still wet.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Well

Vessel Images 3

Tarsus EBA sample 32

Bowl

Tarsus

2750-2450 BCE

Early Bronze II

Tarsus EBA sample 32

Bowl

Tarsus

2750-2450 BCE

Early Bronze II

Tarsus EBA sample 32

Bowl

Tarsus

2750-2450 BCE

Early Bronze II

Break Photos 1

Tarsus EBA sample 32

Bowl

Tarsus

2750-2450 BCE

Early Bronze II

Thin Section Photos 2

Tarsus EBA sample 32

Bowl

Tarsus

2750-2450 BCE

Early Bronze II

Tarsus EBA sample 32

Bowl

Tarsus

2750-2450 BCE

Early Bronze II

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Cilician EBA Light Clay Ware

3300-2000 BCE

Early Bronze Age

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Associated Petrofabric

Turkey/Tarsus Local Fabric I

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Elif Ünlü. "Technological and stylistic evaluation of the Early Bronze Age pottery at Tarsus-Gözlükule, Turkey: Pottery production and its interaction with economic, social, and cultural spheres", PhD, Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, University of Pennsylvania, 2009. https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3381877
H. Goldman. Excavations at Gözlü Kule, Tarsus 2, from the Neolithic through the Bronze Age. . New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1956

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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