Late Bronze Age Pottery

PLAQUE FIGURINES LB

-Mold Made Female Anthropomorphic figurines-Common - ALL over (almost every household) in LB Age-Argument as to who they represent -Not uniform (long, short hair, coursed arms, side arms, etc)-Some support breasts or are carrying children (could be fertility related)

ANTHROPOID COFFINS LB

Egyptian style but found in Canaan (Gaza, Beth Shean, Jezreel Valley, etc)

CYPRIOT IMPORTED POTTERY LB AGE

-By far the most common import-Bichrome-White Slip-White Painted-Basering-Shaved Juglets

BICHROME MBII-LBI Cypriot

-Started seeing this in MBII to LBI-Light colored clay and red/ black(brown)-Usually jugs and kraters-Geometric lines and Zoomorphic decor-Fish, birds, ibex, Maltese cross-Wheel made (unlike most Cypriot Ware)

WHITE SLIP LBI-II Cypriot

-Series of horizontal and vertical ladder or net decor-White/Grey-white slip on interior and exterior-Brown decor-Over time degenerates and becomes sloppy

WHITE SLIP MILK BOWL LBI-II Cypriot

-MOST Common in LB-Round Base-WISHBONE Handle-Named for the whiteness of the bowl-Early LB = more elaborate-Late LB = simpler ladder-Ladders never reach each other on the bottom

WHITE SLIP TANKARD LBI-II Cypriot

TANKARD Type of Jug Biconical w/ handle, Chukchik on top of handle

IMITATION WHITE SLIP MILK BOWL LBI-LBII Local canaan

LOCAL IMITATION -Sloppier, more carinated-Ladders touch vs Real White Slip where ladders do not touch on the bottom of the bowl

BASERING LB Cypriot

-Most common import family of pottery- Cypriot-Thin, grey-brown ware-Basering sounds metallic (high firing temp)-BRI = Plastic Decoration-BRII = Painted Decoration-Decor = lines-Often plastic ring where handle meets neck

BILBIL BASERING JUG (BRI - Plastics) LB Cypriot

Jugs/Juglets = typical type-Small body compared to neck-Handle Pierces into vessel-Iverted opening-Basering Jug/Juglet aka Bilbil (b/c of the sound it makes when liquid pours out)

BILBIL BASERING JUGLET (BRII - Painted) LB AGE

-Looks like an upside-down Poppy pod-Residual Analysis shows there was opium held in some

BASERING FLASK (BRII) LB Cypriot

BII - Basering II - painted

BASERING JUG TWIN VESSEL (BRII) LB Cypriot

BASERING BOWL LB Cypriot

“Toilet Bowl” Shape-Wishbone Handle-Decorated w/ one of two options: 1) Plastic decor 2) painted lines

BASERING FIGURINE LB Cypriot

IMITATION BILBIL LB Canaan

-Locally made imitation of the Bilbil which is usually a Cypriot Import

BUCCHERO LBII Cypriot

-The ribbed decor across body defines it-Rare

MONOCHROME LB Cypriot

-A lot of similarity to Basering but a little different- Still brown but Monochrome- Different shape to jug

SHAVED JUGLET LB Cypriot

-Dipper Juglet-Handmade-White-greenish clay-Knife shaved body w/ pointy base-Handle inserted into body

RED LUSTROUS WHEEL MADE WARE LB

Cypriot

BLACK LUSTROUS WHEEL MADE WARE LB

-The ribbed decor across body defines it-Rare

AEGEAN IMPORTS LB

-Different shapes for Aegean Ware: Stirrup Jars, Pyxis-MycIIIB

AEGEAN BELL SHAPED BOWL LB

PYXIS LB Aegean

STIRRUP JARS LB Aegean

Named because the handles are shaped like a horses saddle stirrup

LATE MINOAN IIIA LB

15th-14th c BCE-Usually w/ darker (black) paint-Overtime some black and some red

MYCIIIA-B LB Aegean

- 14th-13th c BCE

CHARIOT KRATER LB Aegean

MYCIIIC LB Aegean

IMPORTED EGYPTIAN POTTERY LB

Elongated dropped forms

EGYPTIANIZED POTTERY LB Canaan

2 Types:

1) Pottery that is imitating Egyptian style

2) Egyptian style pottery being made locally for Egyptian outposts- ex: Egyptian governors wanting wares like home

SPINNING BOWL LB

SPINNING BOWL Unique type- Handles attached to interior of bowls

FLOWER POT LB Canaan

Similar to other flower pots-Locally made Egyptian style-Open bowls of late LB Age where they use string to cut it off the base

TEAR-DROP VESSELS LB

MUG LB Egypt

ULUBURUN SHIPWRECK LB

Full of exports from different areas-May have sunk from copper ingots from Cyprus

LOCAL CANAANITE POTTERY LB AGE

-Continuity from MBII

-Less typological variety

-Height of painted decor in Canaan (mostly Bichrome)

-Common motif: palm tree flanked by ibexes,

-Red inner ring, and S shaped rim also common

-Burial caves found with hundreds of vessels

-LOWER quality - imports are of higher standard

SIMPLE OPEN BOWLS LB Canaan

Simple rims-Decoration common-Base: Flat, Disc, or Ring-Most common is Disc base

SIMPLE OPEN BOWL BASE EXAMPLES LB Canaan

Ring Base-Disc Base (most common)-Flat Base-Concave Disc Base

LB AGE BOWLS Canaan

4 STYLES

-Simple Open Bowls

-Carinated Bowls

-Degenerated Carination

-S-Shaped Bowls

LB AGE CARINATION CHANGES Canaan

LBI-LBII - Degenerated LBII-LBIII - S-Shaped

QUATRAFOIL LB Canaan

CHALICES & GOBLETS LB Canaan

Quite Common-Goblets often decorated-Chalices not as often decorated-Form of Bowl on Chalice is simple

GEZER BOWL LB Canaan

- Bowl divided into sections with Palm Tree and line design

KRATER LB Canaan

Wide Opening-Handle extends from rim to carinated shoulder-Decorated from carination up

COOKING POTS LB

Wide-Rounded Base-RIMS-LBI: Rounded & Triangular-LBII: Triangular Everted Rim aka Axehead Rim

JUGS CANAAN LB

-Biconical, Beer Strainer, and Piriform

PIRIFORM JUG LB Canaan

BICONICAL JUGS LB

BICONICAL JUGS W/ DECORATION LB

AMPHORISKOI LB

JUGLETS LB Canaan

Most Common Dipper-Cylindrical juglet continues from MB into LBI and then disappears-Not as elongated as MB

PILGRIMS FLASK LB Canaan

Concentric circles-Heart where handles and neck meet

STORAGE JAR W/ UNION JACK HANDLE LB Canaan

CANAANITE TRANSPORT JAR LB Canaan

Main jar to transport goods being exported-Found in Egypt, Ugarit, Uluburun Shipwreck

HAZOR PITHOS LBII-III NORTH Canaan

Found in the North-Thickened Rim-Body narrows to a small base-Ridges on shoulder and body

LAMPS LB AGE

CUP AND SAUCER LB Canaan

Common in LB AGE, continues to Iron but slightly

SHRINE MODELS LB Canaan

BICONICAL JUG W/ METOPES & TRIGLYPHS LB Canaan

Late Bronze Age Syntax-Metopes = Panels-Triglyphs = Dividing Lines Late Bronze Age Syntax-Metopes = Panels-Triglyphs = Dividing Lines

DESIGNS LB AGE Canaan

Triangles-Hourglass-Double Axe-Checkerboard

UNION JACK HANDLES LB Canaan

PALM TREE AND IBEX DECOR LB Canaan