Bamboula “A Tomb of the Early Classical Period” Benson (photos)

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the sequence of Cypriote pottery.

2,6: cf. SCE IV Fig.XLIX:14 (same as SCE II Pl.CX:9)} Bichrome V SCE IV Fig.XLIX:15 SCE II Pl.XCVIII:4 White Painted V 7: has in common with SCE IV Fig.XLVI:18 (White Painted V) the powerful bulging neck which often characterizes native Cypriote pottery of the Archaic Period. Cf. also SCE IV Fig.LVII:14 (Plain White V) for body shape. 19: has a baggy shape somewhat [handwritten: similar] to SCE IV Fig.LVII:13 (same as SCE II Pl.LXXVIII Marion T.78:1): Plain White V. 26: notice similarity to No.2 of T.149 [handwritten: E.J.Stewart Vouhous N37-38 Lund(1950) (PL.XL] (Cypro-Archaic I?)

Trefoil jug with flat base: 8

This belongs stylistically with the preceding group. It may be compared to SCE IV Fig.XLVI:13 (White Painted V) for type.

Slender sack-shaped jug: 12

This general category is one of the most ubiquitous and characteristic types in later Iron Age tombs in Cyprus, with origins reaching back at least to the Early Iron Age.{sup 24} In view of this it may seem surprising that no really identical example among published specimens can be found. Once again, one must look to the neighboring mainland for the closest parallels; there one may point out an illustration of the general tendency of shapes to become elongated in the course of development. An early specimen of our type occurs in Gerar in the XXVIth Dynasty.{sup 25} A mannered elongation of the same type occurs in Level I at Tell ed-Duweir, dated ca. 450-350 B.C.{sup 26} The Bamboula example stands about midway between these two types as to shape. If the Bamboula jug is not an import, its maker must have been directly inspired by mainland influences.

Squat juglets: 10, 11, 30

No.30 occurred with the first burial and may therefore be earlier than