Syria/Coast/An-Nusayriah Mountains
Iron Age IIB, Iron Age IIC
Level: 5-1 (mixed)
Bowl, deep
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Dining/Drinking/Serving
Encircling bands on mid-body and above a ladder motif.
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ca. 925/900 BCE - 300 BCE
Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, Cypro-Classical
This vessel is originally categorized as black-on-red ware by Karin Nys.
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, H. Hameeuw, Karin Nys and Karmen Middernacht. Drawings were made under the supervision of K. Vansteenhuyse.
