Two Cypriot Pithoi from Late Bronze Age Tel Burna

Itzhaq Shai; Chris McKinny; Matthew Spigelman; David Ben Shlomo; Avshalom Karasik; Dvory Namdar; Joe Uziel

doi:10.1080/03344355.2019.1586384

Two Cypriot Pithoi from Late Bronze Age Tel Burna

Itzhaq Shai, Chris McKinny, Matthew Spigelman, David Ben Shlomo, Avshalom Karasik, Dvory Namdar, Joe Uziel

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Abstract

Bronze Age trade in the Eastern Mediterranean is well attested in south Levantine archaeological research, with imported vessels generally playing a significant role in the ceramic assemblage. While the majority of these vessels are found repeatedly at many different sites, there are cases where a rare find sheds new light on the way in which trade patterns are perceived. Such is the case with two fully restored pithoi found in a Late Bronze IIB building at Tel Burna. This paper presents the context in which the pithoi were uncovered, followed by a study of the vessels themselves, including their typology, provenance, volume and contents, as well as the nature of Late Bronze Age trade in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-82
Number of pages	18
Journal	Tel Aviv
Volume	46
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03344355.2019.1586384
State	Published - 2 Jan 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Funding

During the first five seasons, the Tel Burna project was affiliated with the Institute of Archaeology of Bar-Ilan University and since then with the Institute of Archaeology of Ariel University. Until 2012 it was directed by I. Shai and J. Uziel and since then solely by I. Shai. Funding for the project was provided by the Ministry of Justice’s Legacies Fund and Ariel University, as well as by private donors.

Funders	Funder number
Ariel University
Ministry of Justice’s Legacies Fund

Keywords

Cypriot imports
Late Bronze Age
Provenance
Tel Burna
Trade

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