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.
Kourion/Episkopi, Bamboula (Cyprus/Western South Coast)
Kourion/Episkopi, Kaloriziki (Cyprus/Western South Coast)
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)
