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The Excavations at Al Mina, Sueidia IV. The Early Greek Vases
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Sueidia IvArchaeological ExcavationArchaeologyExperimental ArchaeologyArchaeological RecordGreek PotteryPrehistoryLanguage StudiesLevels 7Mediterranean ArchaeologyClassicsArchaeological EvidenceLevels 5Art HistoryMaterial CultureHistorical ArchaeologyCeramic AnalysisEarly Greek VasesAl MinaArts
The material published here is the Greek pottery from levels 5 to 9. This falls into two groups: that from levels 5 to 7 and that from levels 8 and 9. Within these groups there was evidently much disturbance, and bits of the same vase are frequently found in several levels. Even between the two main groups such overlaps occur, and there are pieces which, though they do not join fragments in the other group, seem out of context; but in the main the division between levels 7 and 8 seems significant, and I have treated the two groups separately while merely recording differences of level within them. Pl. I, m and n come from level 4 with Attic red-figure pottery, which is plainly an accident. I am only able to publish a small proportion of the pottery, and have tried to combine a general conspectus of the material with the reproduction of most of the outstanding pieces. For some classes— e.g. , black Ionian cups and jugs, and to a great extent bird-bowls and the like—I have relied on references to identical material published elsewhere.