Gloss Red Ceramic Fusi-form Bottle

The national museum of Damascus – متحف دمشق الوطني

Description

Long fusiform bottle with an annular base, conical neck, narrow opening with flared lip and vertical handle from the neck to the shoulder. This type of bottle, referred to as “spindle-bottle”, is the most characteristic form of the production of these workshops. Under the bottom, as for many copies of this form, is deeply engraved before firing a sign – here in the shape of V. The category of these lustrous red ceramics was used mainly to make long spindle-shaped bottles called “spindle-bottles. “. These ceramics come from workshops that are proposed to be located in northern Syria, or even in Cilicia. From there, they are diffused everywhere in the Levant and in Cyprus.

  • Excavated from: Ugarit, 1961, South acropolis

  • Date: around 12th century BC

  • Material: Ceramic “lustrous red”

  • Item Dimensions: H: 0.275 m; W. maximum: 0.085 m; D. depth: 0.03 m

  • Archaeological Mission:

  • National Museum Of Damascus (2011) – inv. (6854)

  • Index code Dam 008-2

Excavation Site Location

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