Syria/Coast/An-Nusayriah Mountains
Middle Bronze Age II
Communal tomb, Area A
Beaker
B1
2.5YR Light Red (surface) to Reddish Brown (decoration)
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Burial/Grave Gift
This vessel has seven horizontal lines painted on the body. It is the only decorated beaker from the tomb. The base was applied after throwing the main body. It is possibly reminiscent of the Levantine Paitned Ware tradition.
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c. 1750-1400 BCE
Middle Bronze Age II, Middle Bronze Age III, Late Bronze Age I
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.
