Tel Mor 137/1 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Tel Mor 137/1

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Context Information

Site Name

Tel Mor

Date

1400-1350 BCE

Site Type

City

Country/Region

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain

Period

Late Bronze Age I

Archaeological Context

Square M22 (Stratum XI)

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Vessel Details

Shape

Bowl

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Light red (2.5YR 7/6)

Measurements (cms)

D: 20 cm

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

Dark gray slip (5YR 4/1), red painted (10R 5/6) cross-hatched lines on a dark base

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

Fully fired

Vessel Images 1

Tel Mor 137/1

Bowl

Tel Mor

1400-1350 BCE

Late Bronze Age I

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Middle-Late Cypriot Red-on-Black wares

1750 BCE - 1450 BCE

Middle Cypriot I-II, Middle Cypriot III, Late Cypriot I

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Associated Petrofabric

Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast/Terra Sienna

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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 5.2.2, Page 175.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This bowl bears the same distinctive red parallel or cross-hatched lines on a dark base found on Cypriot Red-on-Black wares (M. Dothan 1972: Pl. 4:3; 1973: Fig. 4:4, Pl. 3A; Johnson 1982: Fig. 7.P1).