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74. At least one example, dated considerably later than in all probability the Enkomi seal can be dated, can be cited from Ben-Shan: A.Rowe, The Four Canaanite Temples of Beth-Shan, Vol. I Pt. 2 (Philadelphia 1940) Pl. XXXVIII :3.
and 3 jugs have been adapted to the wheel). Being also the parent of the iron Age ware designated in SCE as Black Slip Bucchero (I,II,etc.), it may appropriately retain the related designation given it here (Late Cypriote III Black Slip Bucchero). If an infallible distinction cannot always be drawn between parent and offspring, this is no more confusing than the similar situation with Proto-White Painted and White Painted ware. No other shape than the jug is represented. Only B 693 appears to have plastic ribs added over the body, in literal imitation of the Handmade Bucchero technique. In all other instances, the ridges [handwritten: have been] appear to be created by [handwritten: shaving out inde]/indentations. [handwritten: widely spaced,] However, this is often done carefully enough to create the illusion of plastically added ribs. Occasionally, the process was reversed and only narrow ribs were gouged out. [handwritten: however,] In the Iron Age they were often close-set. At first these tended to be widely spaced.
Type 2 (of Problems 53,Fig.13)
B 693 (P 1206) E-D:1f LC IIIA Handle missing Taut ovoid body; concave lip. C: g. lt.gray-brown clay. S: m. reddish brown to dk.gray. H: 16.9 cm. D: 9.5 cm.
B 694 (P 1301) T.33:28(B) LC IIIA Ci Almost spherical body; bevelled lip; rather wide stem. Fluting of sides very restrained. C: dk. gray at core to lt. gray; well cleaned, hard. S: sl. ls. red-brown to dk. gray, much worn. PH: 6.5 cm. D: 6.5 cm.
B 696 (Sh 524) B-D:2 LC IIIA Non-joining frags. of neck, shoulder and handle. C: g.lt. gray at core to brown-buff. S: gray, crackled, thin. L(diagonal): 6 cm.
Handwritten: wrong sheet original B694-695-696
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain