Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast
Early Cypriot I-II
Karmi-Lapatsa Tomb 15, in chamber (no. 16, in eastern part of chamber, next to Skull B and with bones of skeleton of Skull B)
Amphora
round mouth, flaring rim, vertical handles, flat base
Exterior: 10R 5/6 (red) with 10R 4/6 burnishing marks, 2.5 YR 5/6 (red) and 10YR 4/1 (dark gray) in places; Interior: 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow); Core: 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) and 10YR 7/4 (very pale brown) and at base part 10YR 6/1 (gray)
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Transport/Storage
red slip, burnished horizontally
Handmade; inclusions: “well mixed clay with small, Medium and large inclusions and organics” (webb et al. 2009: 54); many sand (black and white lime), Few medium lime, Few large gravel (lime and other stone), and Some small organics that have left some small voids
oxidized with part of surface reduced and some gray in core at base (at least partly from organics)
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unpublished study by Herscher, which informed an exhibition, see catalogue: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. SN74.9 (sherd sample SN74.9.a)
Classified in Webb et al. 2009 as Red Polished I.
This vessel is one of
two that were sampled for analysis with Micro-Raman Spectrographic Study
(Sendova et al. 2005). Although the publication does not specify that this
vessel is the source of Sample A, the sampled sherd (SN74.9.a), identified as
coming from SN74.9, was located at The Ringling Museum of Art on March 16, 2020
by Emily Brown and Heidi Taylor. The single
sherd photograph, exterior and interior, included in this entry is SN74.9.a.
