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Hellenistic and Roman

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Hellenistic and Roman

Objects: 399
Date: c. 310 BCE–650 CE

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The Chronology of Ancient Cyprus

The sequence of periods used for ancient Cyprus from the Epipalaeolithic to the Roman period, and the pottery, stratigraphy and radiocarbon behind it.

Within Hellenistic and Roman

Hellenistic255
Roman129
Late Antique and Early Byzantine15

Across the catalogue

Object types

Stone sculpture108
Glass vessel86
Terracotta figurine73
Lamp42
Pottery vessel35
Relief17
Jewellery13
Stone vessel11

Wares

Attic Black-Gloss3
Hellenistic black-gloss and colour-coated wares3
Corinthian pottery1
Cypriot Sigillata1
Plain White ware (Iron Age)1

Shapes

Unguentarium61
Jug14
Lamp11
Bowl10
Bottle8
Cup7
Flask5
Amphora4

Decoration techniques

Moulded90
Painted13
Incised4
Relief and applied2
Undecorated2
Painted in several colours1

Motifs

Human figure37
Bird20
Horse11
Lion7
Other plants and flowers6
Goat, deer and ibex5
Bull and cattle3
Octopus and marine creatures3

Materials

Clay158
Limestone123
Glass90
Gold12
Calcite (alabaster)8
Semi-precious stone7
Marble4
Silver4

Places of production

Cyprus226
Levant21
Crete3
Egypt1

Findspots

Golgoi67
Kourion-Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates29
Kition14
Larnaca-Kamelarga11
Kourion10
Chytroi8
Larnaca-Salines7
Idalion6

Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art206
Royal Ontario Museum135
The Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville19
Hunterian Museum16
Larnaca Museum7
National Museum Liverpool6
The Ashmolean Museum5
Archeological Museum, Kourion3

Objects

1–48 of 399

'Hadra' Hydria originally used as a cinerary urn
Hellenistic
'Hadra' Hydria used as a cinerary urn
Hellenistic
'Hadra' Hydria used as a cinerary urn
Alabaster amphoriskos (small flask)
Hellenistic
Alabaster flask with stopper
Hellenistic
Alabaster unguentarium
Hellenistic
beaker
Roman
beaker
Roman
beaker
Roman
beaker
Roman
Beaker
Roman
Beaker
Roman
Beaker
Roman
Beaker
Roman
Beaker
Roman
Beaker
Roman
Black wash covered small bowl with inverted rim, Cypriot imitation of an Attic black-gloss salt-cellar
Hellenistic
Black wash covered small bowl with inverted rim, Cypriot imitation of an Attic black-gloss salt-cellar
Hellenistic
Black wash covered small bowl with inverted rim, Cypriot imitation of an Attic black-gloss salt-cellar
Hellenistic
Black wash covered small bowl with inverted rim, Cypriot imitation of an Attic black-gloss salt-cellar
Hellenistic
Bottle
Roman
Bottle
Roman
Bottle
Roman
Bowl
Roman
Bowl with slightly incurving rim
Roman
Boy with a youth bell
Classical
Bracelet with fastener in the form of a cup
Crescent shaped earrings
Roman
Cypriot Black Ware Wide Mouth Jar
Hellenistic
Cypriot Hellenistic Black Slip Jug
Hellenistic
Cypriot Hellenistic Footed Red Ware Bowl
Hellenistic
Cypriot Hellenistic Red Ware Jar
Hellenistic
Cypriot Hellenistic White Ware Jug
Hellenistic
Cypriot Molded Hellenistic Terracotta Sculpture
Hellenistic
Cypriot version of Broneer type XXIII oil lamp
Roman
Cyprus
Roman
Cyprus
Roman
Dionysos mask
Hellenistic
Dipping rod
Roman
Dipping-rod
Dish
Roman
Eight Plain Cypriot Hellenistic Bowls
Hellenistic
Eros riding a goat
Hellenistic
Feeding bottle
Roman
Feeding bottle
Roman
Female grotesque
Hellenistic
Female head
Hellenistic
Female head
Hellenistic

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