Tel Mor B348/23 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tel Mor B348/23

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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

Courtyard 118 (Stratum XI-IX)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jug/pitcher

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Light red (2.5YR 6/8)

Measurements (cms)

PD: 6 cm

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Light red (2.5YR 6/8), red and dark reddish gray painted (10R 4/6 and 2.5YR 4/1)

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully fired

Vessel Images 1

Tel Mor B348/23

Jug/pitcher

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 5.7:8 is from the shoulder of another jug. Its preserved decoration consists of two dark wavy lines inside a bichrome-framed band panel (Epstein 1966:80) and part of a cross line motif.