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It is necessary to remark here that the great majority of objects coming from this tomb are classified by Sjöqvist as Late Cypriote II B (1350-1275), especially seven other amphoras with chariot scenes (pl. VI, A). Their close morphological affinity with the amphora no. 257 is evident, judging by the reproductions in the report of the Swedish Mission.^26 In our opinion this affinity does not allow the chronological separation of the amphora 257 from the seven other vases of this type found in the same tomb.
This conclusion is supported by the discovery at Ras Shamra of several analogous amphoras and kraters which, without exception date from Late Ugarit III (1356-1200), a period corresponding to Late Cypriote II B of the Swedish classification. Likewise in Cyprus, it is this period which has furnished all the amphoras with chariot scenes found in the island, as the excavations by the Swedish Expedition at Enkomi prove.
To this rule there is only one exception up to now. It is this exception which ought to have been mentioned for the support of the thesis of Sjöqvist.
We allude to the beautiful amphora found by the Swedish Expedition in Tomb 17 at Enkomi (pl. VI, B), which tomb as a whole^27 [handwritten: check mark] is earlier than Tomb 3 from which came the eight above-mentioned amphoras including no. 257. Although the stratification of the burial chamber is no longer intact here,^28 [handwritten: check mark] the actual skeleton to which offerings were made in this amphora has happily been encountered in situ. It was associated with the last body placed in the tomb before its final closing.^29 [handwritten: check mark] Among the gold jewels and vases making up the tomb furniture, the only object whose approximate age is known is a bowl in red clay of Base- Ring II type with pointed handles which is of the Late Cypriote II (1450-1350) period. This bowl was found inside the amphora and served as a dipping cup for it. The two vases form a set and are consequently contemporary. The amphora, therefore, must be attributed to Late Cypriote II (1450-1350), and probably to the second half of this period. This explains why its shape and the style of its painted decoration distinguish it so completely from the other later
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