Tel Mor A590/1 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tel Mor A590/1

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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 63 (Stratum VII)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Reddish gray (2.5YR 5/1), few fine white inclusions

Measurements (cms)

D: 12 cm

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Very pale brown slip (10YR 7/3), dark reddish gray painted decoration (5Y 4/2)

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully fired

Vessel Images 1

Tel Mor A590/1

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 5.5.6, Page 179.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This bowl is distinguished by a loop handle below the rim (not preserved here) and painted decoration, which includes pendant dotted semicircles below a group of parallel lines (Popham 1972: Pl. 84:9)