Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast
Early Cypriot I-II
Karmi-Lapatsa Tomb 15, in the chamber (no. 24 near dromos)
Amphora
Vertical round handles
Exterior: 10R 5/6 (red) with 10R 4/6 (red) vertical burnishing streaks, fabric 7.5YR 7/4 (pink); Interior: 10R 5/6 (red) with 10R 4/6 (red) horizontal burnishing streaks; Core: 7.55 YR 6/4 (light brown)
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Transport/Storage
red slipped, burnished vertically on exterior, burnished horizontally on interior
Handmade; inclusions: “finely mixed clay with small, Medium and some large inclusions” (webb et al. 2009: 55); some sand, Few gravel, Few small to medium lime, and Some small voids
oxidized
Acknowledgements: This entry was created by Smith using
information in Webb et al. 2009 (which drew on a previous unpublished study by
Herscher, which informed an exhibition, see catalogue: Kershaw ed. 1983) and measurements, color readings, observations of inclusions and
surface treatments, and other observed details made by Smith during the week of
February 24-28, 2020 at The Ringling Museum of Art.
Provenance: Excavated by James R. B. Stewart in 1961,
University of Sydney; donated by Eve Stewart to Florida State University 1973;
donated by Florida State University 1973; 1974 accessioned by The John and
Mable Ringling Museum of Art. SN74.10
Classified
in Webb et al. 2009 as Red Polished II.
