Kourion 49-12-612 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Kourion 49-12-612

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Context Information

Site Name

Kourion/Episkopi, Kaloriziki

Date

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Site Type

Cemetery/Necropolis

Country/Region

Cyprus/Western South Coast

Period

Late Cypriot IIIB

Archaeological Context

Tomb 25

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Vessel Details

Shape

Jar/Jug

Shape Type

triple w. lines on neck

Fabric Description

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Measurements (cms)

height 20.0 cm, diameter 13.3 cm

Functional Category

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Surface treatment

Clay: paint and decoration: "like K140" (but refers to itself) but triple wavy lines on neck.

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 4

Kourion 49-12-612

Jar/Jug

Kourion/Episkopi

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Late Cypriot IIIB

Kourion 49-12-612

Jar/Jug

Kourion/Episkopi

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Late Cypriot IIIB

Kourion 49-12-612

Jar/Jug

Kourion/Episkopi

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Late Cypriot IIIB

Kourion 49-12-612

Jar/Jug

Kourion/Episkopi

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Late Cypriot IIIB

Break Photos 0

Thin Section Photos 0

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Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

Middle-Late Cypriot White Painted Wheel-Made ware

1950-1050 BCE

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

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Associated Petrofabric

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Associated Kiln/Workshop

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Bibliography

Benson, Jack L. The Necropolis of Kaloriziki Excavated by J. F. Daniel and G. H. McFadden for the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology 36. Göteborg: Åströms, 1973 , Page 75, Plate 19.
Daniel, john franklin. "Two Late Cypriote III Tombs from Kourion" American Journal of Archaeology 41 (1937), 56-85 , Plate 4.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

This vessel was entered during the LCP x Penn Musuem Data Day

https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/140886