Northwestern Troodos Hellenistic kitchen ware
Cyprus/Troodos mountains
310 BCE - 30 BCE
Hellenistic
General InformationThis ware belongs in the Northwestern Troodos ware group identified based on petrographic analysis by J. Gordon-Smith: Inclusions: plagioclase-feldspar, quartz, (clino-)pyroxene, grog, opaques and glass. Occasional amfibole and foraminifera. It originates in the northern Troodos foothills. This is recognisable by the combination of pyroxene, feldspar and plagioclase from the ultra-basic rocks of the Troodos Mountains and volcanic glass from the pillow lavas.
Description
Sandy fabric.
40X: well sorted, few small black particles, some milky and semi-transparent inclusions, possibly quartz
