This ware entry, as is demonstrated by its name, encompasses three previously identified wares that have been proven, through research and scientific analyses, to be related. They are Late Roman D (LRD), Late Roman E (LRE) and Cypriot Red Slip Ware (CRS). Late Roman D was first identified by Waagé in Antioch in 1948, and in 1972, Hayes tentatively identified it as a product of Cypriot manufacture and suggested it be renamed Cypriot Red Slip Ware (CRSW). No production sites have been identified on Cyprus, and the large quantities of LRD have been discovered in southern and southwestern Asia Minor, which led Poblome et al. (2001) to conduct chemical analyses on material from Hierapolis, Perge and Sagalassos. In doing so, they concluded ...
Fabric varies in colour, hardness and porosity, but compared to other fine wares it can normally be easily discerened from all other ceramics save earlier “Cypriot Sigillata” and sometimes Pontic Sigillata/Red Slip. Generally, the ware is fired red, hard with some oblong pores. The characteristic features are slight metallic sheen (though many pieces are mat) and clear traces of burnishing. Two versions are assigned, fine, with few other inclusions than lime and sandy, low fired with buff ...
Paphos/Nea Paphos (Cyprus/Western South Coast)
Turkey/Southwest
Turkey/Southwest
Turkey/Southwest
Turkey/Southwest
Turkey/Southwest
Turkey/Southwest
Turkey/Southwest
Turkey/Southwest