Middle Iron Age Plain White Kitchen Ware (Cypriot Import?) Rim Sherd of Mortar
Middle Iron Age850 BCE - 700 BCE
Clay
1 11/16 x 4 11/16 x 11/16 in. (4.3 x 11.9 x 1.7 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
2009.14.1272
Geography:
Asia, Turkey, Tarsus
Classification:
Unclassifiable Artifacts; Artifact Remnants; Sherds
Culture/Nationality:
Prehistoric Anatolian
Collection:
Tarsus Excavation
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Cypriote pottery styles*,
imports*,
kitchenware*,
Middle Iron Age*,
mortars*,
repairing*,
rim sherds*,
staples*
- Cypriote pottery styles - Pottery styles belonging to Cypriote cultures.
- imports - Commodities, merchandise, or materials brought into one country from another for use, sale, reprocessing, exchange, or export.
- kitchenware - Equipment, containers, utensils, dishes, cookware, cutlery, and other items for kitchen use, excluding appliances.
- Middle Iron Age - Refers to a phase of Iron Age culture marked by technological and social developments, including carburized iron or steel.
- mortars - Receptacles of a hard material, such as stone, brass, wood, or glass, that have a cup-shaped cavity in which materials are pounded or ground with a pestle. Often used to grind ingredients used in a pharmacy, painting, or cookery.
- repairing - Restoring to a whole by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken, or otherwise restoring to sound condition.
- rim sherds - Fragments of a ceramic or glass vessel from just below the rim.
- staples - Double-pointed, U-shaped pieces of metal used to attach separate articles together.
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Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
- Hetty Goldman, "Excavations at Gozlu Kule, Tarsus: Volume III, Text," (1963): p. 233, no. 923.
- Hetty Goldman, "Excavations at Gozlu Kule, Tarsus: Volume III, Plates," (1963): Figure Number: plate. 132, no. 923.
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