Pottery of ancient Cyprus

The pottery of ancient Cyprus starts during the Neolithic period. During the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, it is especially imaginative in shape and decoration. There are also many early terracotta figurines that were produced depicting female figures.

The earliest ceramics feature the "Combed ware" technique.[1] Throughout the ages, Cypriot ceramics demonstrate many connections with cultures from around the Mediterranean.

Bronze Age

Cypriot Red Polished Ware II-III, 2200-1700 BC. Kiel, Germany
Cypriot White Slip Ware. British Museum
Cypriot Base Ring Ware, Late Bronze Age. Hecht Museum
Cypriot "White Painted I" Ware, Iron Age. Israeli National Maritime Museum
Cypriot Bichrome ware. Jug with Scenic Decoration, 8th-6th centuries BC. Neues Museum, Berlin

"Red Polished Ware" has been found from the start of the Bronze Age in Cyprus.[2]

White-slip- and Base-ring Ware are considered to be "typical Cypriot ceramics of the Late Bronze Age".[3]

Early Iron Age

During the Iron Age the pottery was "colorful and often elaborately painted with geometric or figural motifs. Intricate 'Free-field' compositions graced juglets and jars. Ubiquitous concentric circles were applied to jars, juglets, bowls and kraters using multiple brushes. Finer wares like plates, bowls and jugs were made on the fast wheel, while larger forms like amphoras, amphoroid kraters and pithoi were built with a combination of techniques: wheel throwing, hand coiling or molding."[4]

"Cypro-Geometric I" period

During the period 1050-950 BC, characteristic pottery were[5]

"Cypro-Geometric II" period

During the period 950-850 BC, characteristic pottery were[6]

Cypro-Geometric III

During the period 850-700 BC, characteristic pottery were[7]

Cypro-Archaic I

During the period 700-600 BC, characteristic pottery were[8]

Cypro-Archaic II

During the period 600-475 BC, characteristic pottery were[9]

Cypro-Classical I

During the period 475-400 BC, characteristic pottery were[10]

Cypro-Classical II

During the period 400-323 BC, characteristic pottery were[11]

References

  1. Flourentzos, P. (1996). A Guide to the Larnaca District Museum. Ministry of Communications and Works - Department of Antiquities. p. 6. ISBN 978-9963-36-425-1. by P. Flourentzos, author and Curator of Archaeological Museums and Surveys in Cyprus.
  2. Stewart, J.R., Dikaios, P. (1972). "Part 1A". The Swedish Cyprus Expedition:The Stone Age and The Early Bronze Age in Cyprus. IV. Lund. p. 202.
  3. Flourentzos, P. (1996). A Guide to the Larnaca District Museum. Ministry of Communications and Works - Department of Antiquities. p. 21. ISBN 978-9963-36-425-1.
  4. The Semitic Museum at Harvard University "Materials & Wares: Iron Age Pots and Potters"
  5. Gjerstad's Iron Age Pottery Typology & Chronology, Harvard Semitic Museum
  6. Gjerstad's Iron Age Pottery Typology & Chronology, Harvard Semitic Museum
  7. Gjerstad's Iron Age Pottery Typology & Chronology, Harvard Semitic Museum
  8. Gjerstad's Iron Age Pottery Typology & Chronology, Harvard Semitic Museum
  9. Gjerstad's Iron Age Pottery Typology & Chronology, Harvard Semitic Museum
  10. Gjerstad's Iron Age Pottery Typology & Chronology, Harvard Semitic Museum
  11. Gjerstad's Iron Age Pottery Typology & Chronology, Harvard Semitic Museum

See also

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