Tel Mor A501/2 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tel Mor A501/2

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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

Room 71 (Stratum VI)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), few fine to small white inclusions

Measurements (cms)

D: 11 cm

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Pale brown slip (10YR 6/3), reddish brown painted (2.5YR 4/3) parallel line decoration

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully fired

Vessel Images 1

Tel Mor A501/2

Bowl

Tel Mor

1400-1300 BCE

Late Bronze Age

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Cypriot White Slip wares

ca. 1650-1200 BCE

Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot I, Late Cypriot II

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Associated Petrofabric

Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast/ Sepiolite

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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 5.5.7, Page 179.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Type ID bowls represent the end of the WS sequence and appear at Canaanite sites primarily in LB IIB, as at Tel Afeq in Stratum X-12 (Beck and Kochavi 1985: Fig. 2:6).