Kyrenia Ship 908 P139 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Kyrenia Ship 908 P139

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Context Information

Site Name

Kyrenia Ship

Date

Late 4th c. - early 3th c. BCE

Site Type

Shipwreck

Country/Region

Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast

Period

Early Hellenistic

Archaeological Context

Grid 5A, Level III (after cabin)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar, bag-shaped

Shape Type

large

Fabric Description

Sandy yellowish pink fabric (5YR 7/8) with many fine and small rounded white and black inclusions.

Measurements (cms)

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Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

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Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Kyrenia Ship 908 P139

Jar, bag-shaped

Kyrenia Ship

Late 4th c. - early 3th c. BCE

Early Hellenistic

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

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Associated Petrofabric

Israel/Central Coastal Plain/calcareous clay/quartz and tuff

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Berlin, Andrea M.. "At Home on Board: the Kyrenia Ship and the goods of its crew" in Daily Life in a Cosmopolitan World: Pottery and Culture in the Hellenistic Period, ed(s). A. Peignard-Giros. Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the International Association for Research on Pottery of the Hellenistic Period, Lyon 2015 Vienna: Phoibos Verlag, 2019, 563-571
Berlin, Andrea M.. "The Goods of the Crew" in The Kyrenia Ship Final Publication, Volume I: History of the Excavation and Evidence for Dating, ed(s). Susan W. Katzev. The Kyrenia Ship Final Publication Series Oxford: Oxbow, forthcoming

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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