Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast
Early Cypriot I-II
Karmi-Lapatsa Tomb 15, in the chamber (no. 26 near skull A)
Bowl, conical
"tulip" bowl, lug handle, spout, pointed base
Exterior: 2.5 N/black – 10R 4/8 (red) – 7.5YR 7/4 (pink), fabric 2.5Y 8/3 (pale yellow); Interior: 2.5 N/ black; Core: 2.5Y 4/1 (dark gray)
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Dining/Drinking/Serving
red slip (and black slip) and highly polished, burnishing in different directions but largely burnishing marks on exterior not visible, interior also burnished and marks hard to see but look to be more horizontal; incised decoration filled with lime
Handmade; “very finely mixed clay with small and medium inclusions and organics.” (webb et al. 2009: 2005). some sand (black visible), Few small and medium lime, and Few small voids. visible in chip at rim.
oxidized and placed upside down in dung to reduce top part and interior, core and fabric reduced and partly reduced, surface cracking
2200 BCE - 1750 BCE
Early Cypriot, Middle Cypriot I-II
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unpublished study by Herscher, which informed an exhibition, see catalogue: Kershaw ed. 1983) and measurements, color readings, observations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. SN74.23
Classified
in Webb et al. 2009 as Red Polished I black-topped
Illustrated in Sendova et al. 2005, but not sampled for analysis.
