Late Cypriot Monochrome Ware
Cyprus/Eastern coast, Cyprus/all, Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean
ca. 1500-1200 BCE
Late Cypriot
General Information
This ware is generally dated between LC I-IIA in Cyprus (Aström 1972, SCE IV:ID, p. 700).
In Alalakh the color of the core varies throughout. Reddish-brown (2.5YR 4/6, 5/6, 5/8) fabric is the most common, whereas grey, brown (7.5 YR 3/4) and light brown (2.5 Y 6/6) are seen rarely. They have red, brown and black slip. Bowls and rarely lids are the forms represented at Alalakh. Bowls have different body and rim types.
Tel Megiddo East (Israel/Jezreel Valley)
Tel Mor (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Southern Coastal Plain)
Tell Tweini (Syria/Coast/An-Nusayriah Mountains)
Alalakh, Tel Atchana (Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean)
Kinet Höyük (Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean)
