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Vessel: Ayia Marina-Mavrovouni TCP591

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Context Information

Site Name

Mavrovouni

Date

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Site Type

Mining site

Country/Region

Cyprus/Troodos mountains

Period

Late Roman

Archaeological Context

TS02 TP104.PU13 P02.1

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Vessel Details

Shape

Transport amphora

Shape Type

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Fabric Description

Soft and gritty fabric, 2.5Y 8/6 yellow. Inclusions: abundant small rounded black grains, limestone grains.

Measurements (cms)

Internal rim diameter: 9.0 cm; rim thickness: 1.1 cm

Functional Category

Transport/Storage

Surface treatment

Self slipped

Manufacturing Technique

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Firing

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Vessel Images 1

Ayia Marina-Mavrovouni TCP591

Transport amphora

Mavrovouni

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Late Roman

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1)

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Given, M.; Knapp, A. B.; Noller, J.; Sollars, L.; and Kassianidou, V.. "The Material Culture of the TAESP Landscape." in Landscape and Interaction. The Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project, Cyprus. Volume 1. Methodology, Analysis and Interpretation, ed(s). M. Given, A. B. Knapp, J. Noller, L. Sollars, and V. Kassianidou. Levant Supplementary Series 14. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2013, 57–296

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This vessel was uploaded to the LCP as a part of the LCP's Handbook to the LRA1 (2025, 1st ed.).