Phoenician amphorae in Cypriot Kingdoms during the Cypro-Archaic and Cypro-Classical Periods: Signs, terms, trade, and questions

Abstract

This paper forms a part of my ongoing MA thesis, which focuses on the Phoenician amphorae recovered on Cyprus from the Cypro-Archaic and Cypro-Classical periods. The primary objective of this thesis is the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the published material of the Phoenician amphorae, but it also aims to contribute to the study of trade relations between Cyprus and the Levant during the Archaic and Classical periods. The continuous trade connections between these two areas dates to the second millennium BC and can be documented by the pottery imports and exports, and epigraphic evidence (Bikai, 1983;Sznycer, 1984;Bikai, 1987a). These pieces of evidence are discussed in this paper.