Coastal Levantine MB-LB Slipped Ware
Syria/Coast/An-Nusayriah Mountains, Lebanon/Northern Coast, Lebanon/Southern Coast, Israel/Northern Coastal Plain, Israel/Central Coastal Plain, Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain
c. 2000 BCE to c. 550 BCE
Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age
MB IIB-C red slipped juglets from Tell Tweini, Syria (Vansteenhuyse 2019, fig. 1)
MB IIB-C black slipped juglets from Tell Tweini, Syria (Vansteenhuyse 2019, fig. 2)
General Information
This name describes a broad ware family that includes the all red slipped ceramics for table and serving uses produced along the Levantine littoral, from the northern Syrian coast down through coastal Lebanon and Israel. A wide range of vessels for household use were produced, from small bowls and saucers to table jugs and juglets. in some cases red slipped vessels are also decorated, mostly in bands of black but also addition of bands in dark red and white are know.
Vessels of this ware often have coarse fabrics covered by the slip. Manufacture is generally and variously by coil and finished on a slow wheel. A wide range of petro-fabrics are attested, as this ware family was produced over a broad geographic area.
Tel Mevorakh (Israel/Carmel coastal plain)
Tell Tweini (Syria/Coast/An-Nusayriah Mountains)
