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Combed ware

Also called Sotira Combed, Neolithic Combed

Objects

3

Date

c. 4800–4000 BCE

Ceramic Neolithic (Sotira) ware with a red slip combed in wavy bands. Not to be confused with Bronze Age Black Slip and Combed.

In the Compendium

Combed Ware

The red-slipped pottery of the Cypriot Ceramic Neolithic whose slip was scraped with a comb-like tool while wet to expose pale bands, c. 4500–3900 BCE.