This entry constitutes a ware family produced around the island of Cyprus in the Hellenistic period.
At Levantine sites, the matrix color ranges from orange to red according the firing temperature. The slip firmly adheres to the clay and is orange to reddish-brown in colorThe fabric is hard and fine with rare to few fine to coarse red, brown, black, and white inclusions. Some grey, black, and red grits and white or yellowish lime grits may occur in the section matrix. Voids are few fine to medium rounded and thin, rather angular and elongated shape. The colour of the fresh break may be reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), pink (5YR 7/4; 7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), bro...
At Cypriot sites, this group includes vessels of fine, semi-coarse and coarse fabric. Generally, it is characterised by the presence of few to frequent white, red, black, and rarely sparkling inclusions. The size of inclusions is diverse from fine to coarse. The white inclusions are also commonly present on the vessels’ surface. The voids are rare to few, fine to granular rounded and thin, rather angular and elongated. The colour of the fresh break may be pink (7.5YR 7/4, 8/4), reddi...
Idalion (Cyprus/Eastern Mesoria)
Paphos/Nea Paphos (Cyprus/Western South Coast)