Syria/Coast/An-Nusayriah Mountains
Middle Bronze Age II
Communal tomb, Area A
Plate
PL2
5YR 6/8 Reddish Yellow (surface in and out)
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Burial/Grave Gift
No finish. Regular shape with JT9 rim. This vessel is identical to PL1 but has a flat base, which can be described as a thick ring base or a disc base which curves towards the middle.
Wheel made
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c. 3500-500 BCE
Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age
This material is a product of the Syro-Belgian Tell Tweini Excavation Project, headed by Dr. Al-Maqdissi and Dr. Badawi, of the Syrian Department of Antiquities, and Prof. Dr. Joachim Bretschneider, of Ghent University. The full publication is J. Bretschneider and G. Jans, eds., About Tell Tweini (Syria): Artefacts, Ecofacts and Landscape. Research Results of the Belgian Mission. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 281 (Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2019) [ISBN 978-90-429-3678-2]. We acknowledge the kindness of the editors in sharing images and information.
Photographs were taken by B. Vandermeulen, K. Vansteenhuyse, and H. Hameeuw. Drawings were made under the supervision of K. Vansteenhuyse.
