Artifact: bc009-10-11

Number:	BC009
Ware/Material:	Black Polished Ware
Shape/Type:	Knob-lug Bowl
Date:	Prehistoric Bronze Age
Preservation:	Intact
Body Shape:	Deep hemispherical
Base Shape:	Rounded
Rim Shape:	Slightly inturned
Handle(s):	Vertical lug, horizontally pierced at rim
Fabric:	Buff
Description:	A series of roughly concentric motifs decorate the exterior of the bowl. 4 incised, lime-filled lines encircle the base, followed by two zigzag registers that contain a row of hatched lozenges. On the upper body, two groups of roughly parallel horizontal lines flank another row of hatched lozenges. The lug and bowl interior are left plain.
Height(cm):	5.5
Max. Diameter(cm):	10.9
Rim Diameter(cm):	10.6
Manufacture:	Hand built
Comparisons in Print:	Karageorghis 2000: 29 (variant).
Remarks:	Acquired Kolokasides c-983-2

Number:	BC010
Ware/Material:	Black Polished Ware
Shape/Type:	Flask
Date:	Prehistoric Bronze Age
Preservation:	Fragmentary: Only the rim, neck, and top of shoulder remain
Body Shape:	Probably globular
Neck Shape:	Long neck tapering inward to a squat funnel mouth
Rim Shape:	Funnel, everted
Fabric:	Grey
Description:	Incised decoration, filled with lime. A group of 8 horizontal concentric lines at shoulder stop just short of meeting end-to-end. A similar motif below rim, but with 11 lines. Between these two groups a single incised line, punctuated at intervals by incised lozenges. Pierced twice just below rim.
Height(cm):	7.9
Max. Diameter(cm):	5.7
Rim Diameter(cm):	3.1
Manufacture:	Hand built
Comparisons in Print:	SCE IV:1A, 316, Type V C b., Webb 1997: 112.

Number:	BC011
Ware/Material:	Black Polished Ware
Shape/Type:	Flask
Date:	Prehistoric Bronze Age
Preservation:	Fragmentary: repaired, missing rim, damage to side.
Body Shape:	Piriform
Base Shape:	Rounded
Neck Shape:	Long cylindrical, tapering inward toward rim
Rim Shape:	Missing
Handle(s):	One vertical lug, horizontally pierced, toward top of neck.
Fabric:	Grey
Description:	Incised decoration, filled with lime. On neck, 3 groups of 4 parallel encircling lines. 2 groups of 5 parallel encircling lines at shoulder and base frame alternating 3-line zigzag and double ladder motifs.
Height(cm):	9.6
Max. Diameter(cm):	4.8
Manufacture:	Hand built
Comparisons in Print:	SCE IV:1A, 316, Type V C b.; Webb 1997: 112; Karageorghis 200: 30.

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