General Information
Description
The fabric is characterized by the presence of ill-assorted inclusions: abundant amount of coarse: white, yellow and orange; frequent amount of medium: white, yellow and black; abundant amount of fine: white, grey and orange. No voids. Clay is very hard. The feel of surface is rough and texture of fresh break is hackly. The macroscopic analysis of the fabric shows the appearance of four firing core groups. In the first, the colour of clay is between red (2.5 YR 5/6 ) and reddish brown (2.5 YR 4/4). Second group with grey (5 YR 4/1) firing with no core. Only few examples are with grey (5 YR 4/1) firing of surface with red (2.5 YR 5/6) core. The less common is red (2.5 YR 5/6) fired clay with grey (2.5 YR 5/6) core. White and coarse inclusions (limepops) are visible on the external surface.
Paphos/Nea Paphos (Cyprus/Western South Coast)
Studies on Hellenistic and Early Roman cooking pottery from the Agora were undertaken by Kamila Nocoń, as part of the National Science Centre in Poland, grant MAESTRO 6 (No. 2014/14/A/ HS3/00283), directed by Prof. Ewdoksia Papuci-Władyka of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Research on Middle and Late Roman cooking pottery from the Paphos Agora Project was undertaken by Kamila Nocoń, and financed by the National Science Centre in Poland, grant SONATINA 4 (No. 2020/36/C/HS3/00173).
