Kourion 49-12-613 | The Levantine Ceramics Project

Vessel: Kourion 49-12-613

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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

Bowl

Shape Type

angular bowl (foreshadows WP I shape)

Fabric Description

gritty light green-gray clay

Measurements (cms)

Height 12.3 cm; Width 19.5 cm; Outside Diameter 15.3 cm

Functional Category

Dining/Drinking/Serving

Surface treatment

poor purple-brown paint. wide band interior rim, paint on handle and foot an wide band below handle exterior. No w. lines/

Manufacturing Technique

Wheel made

Firing

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Vessel Images 2

Kourion 49-12-613

Bowl

Kourion/Episkopi

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Late Cypriot IIIB

Kourion 49-12-613

Bowl

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 67, Plate 16.
Daniel, john franklin. "Two Late Cypriote III Tombs from Kourion" American Journal of Archaeology 41 (1937), 56-85 , Plate 1.

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/136259

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