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Vessel: Tel Mor B365

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Context Information

Site Name

Tel Mor

Date

1400-1300 BCE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain

Period

Late Bronze Age

Archaeological Context

Pit 166 (Stratum XII)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Chalice/goblet

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Pink (7.5YR 7/4), many fine dark, few fine white inclusions, few small voids

Measurements (cms)

D: 12 cm

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Pink slip (7.5YR 7/4), red-black paint (10R 4/6) floral motif decoration

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully fired

Vessel Images 1

Tel Mor B365

Chalice/goblet

Tel Mor

1400-1300 BCE

Late Bronze Age

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Middle-Late Cypriot Bichrome ware

c. 1650-1450 BCE

Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot I

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Associated Petrofabric

—

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

—

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Bibliography

Tristan J. Barako. "Cypriot and Mycenaean Pottery" in Tel Mor. The Moshe Dothan Excavations, 1959-1960. IAA Reports, no. 32 Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2007, 167-182 , Figure 5.7.8, Page 180.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Figure 5.7:9 is a well-preserved Bichrome goblet decorated with an unusual stylized floral motif (M. Dothan 1973: Fig. 4:3). It has a conical body with a slight eversion at the rim and a marked carination near the junction with its tail trumpet base (Epstein 1966: 19).