Cypriot Iron Age Black Slip
Cyprus/Chrysochou Valley, Cyprus/region unknown
c. 1050 to c. 300 BCE
Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, Cypro-Classical
General Information
Cypriot Black Slip, as it is usually termed, or Matt Black (MBL) is an Iron Age ware that is a bit of a problem. It is often called Black Slip, but it is not truly a slip and may possibly be a wash. It has a matt (unburnished) surface. A fragment that appears completely MBL could be from a thick black painted part of a Cypriot White Painted (Iron Age) vessel. Various Matt Black vessels occur in Cypriot Iron Age contexts, especially in the Cypro-Geometric and Cypro-Archaic periods.
Polis/Marion, Peristeries (Princeton Grid Area B.D7) (Cyprus/Chrysochou Valley)
Soloi (Cyprus/Western Mesoria)
Tel Dor (Israel/Carmel coastal plain)
Tell Tweini (Syria/Coast/An-Nusayriah Mountains)
