Kouriote amphorae, called "Kouriaka keramia", imported to Egypt are mentioned in the Zenon Papyri (59680, 59741) dated to the mid-3rd century BCE (www.lib.umich.edu/reading/Zenon/index.html). In modern times they were first identified and described by V. Grace (1979) among the amphorae excavated in Kourion, Cyprus, by the University of Pennsylvania team. Since then, much attention was given to further finds of stamped handles of Kouriote amphorae (cf. Calvet 1986; Meyza 2004; Cankardeş-Şenol and Şenol 2013; Finkielsztejn 2013), but still there is a lack of a systematic study of Kouriote amphora typology and chronology. Only a few completely preserved Kouriote (or possibly Kouriote) amphorae have been presented in publications (e.g. cf. D...
Kouriote Fabric group is red (2.5YR 4/8; 10R 4/6) in the core and either yellowish red (5YR 5/8) or light brown (7.5YR 6/3) on the surface. It is a hard and rough fabric that contains of two types of inclusions: 1. white ones which occur in an abundant amount and are of a very fine to coarse size, and 2. grey-black ones which occur in moderate amount and are of a fine to coarse size.
Palaepaphos/Kouklia, Tomb 53 (Cyprus/Western South Coast)
Paphos/Nea Paphos (Cyprus/Western South Coast)