Vessel, coarse ware cooking pot
Country
Cyprus
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Description
Coarse ware cooking pot. Squat round body with round base. Short wide concave sided neck, splaying to outcurving rim. Thin vertical handle with slightly concave upper surface, oval in section, from rim to mid- body. Incised encircling groove at neck-body join and on exterior and interior of rim. Dark red coarse clay with small black and white grits, unslipped. No evidence of carbon discolouration (Webb, Jennifer M., 1997 "Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities", Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. XX:p.12).
Classification
DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Food and Drink Consumption jug
ARCHAEOLOGY Cypriot flask
ARCHAEOLOGY Cypriot flask
Production place
Measurements
L110mm x W135mm x D135mm
Media/Materials description
Dark red coarse clay with small black and white grits, unslipped.
Signature/Marks
Decoration
History and use
Pottery is one of the most abundant, common and enduring artefacts in the ancient record, and one of human kinds most fundamental technologies. The craft or making pottery was widespread throughout the ancient world. Pottery was widespread as it was cheap to make, malleable into various forms and watertight after firing. Potters learnt the craft over several years – digging local clay, removing stones and roots, passing it through mesh, mixing with water and settling, cutting into squares, kneading to remove air pockets, forming the vessel, and firing. Vessels can be made using various methods, including pinch, coil, slab, paddle and anvil, and wheel or mould. It can be relatively plain, or decorated by using impressed designs, slips, paints, and even applying mould-made figures. Plain ware vessels are often under-reported in comparison to the more highly decorated vessels. Domestic pottery changed little in form and was largely undecorated – reflecting the ‘form and function’ approach and everyday utility of these vessels. This functional coarse ware cooking pot was in use into the Roman period.
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Registration number
H674
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