Hala Sultan Teke
| PK | C1791 |
| TITLE | Hala Sultan Teke |
| WGS84 | 34.886673° N, 33.604439° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 34.886673, 33.604439 |
| LON/LAT | 33.604439, 34.886673 |
| DMS | 34° 53' 12.0228" N | , | 33° 36' 15.9804" E |
| W3W | already, happy, battle |
| UTM | 36 S, 555232, 3860642 |
| EGSA87 | 1378905, 3902559 |
| Elevation m | 13 |
| Elevation feet | 42.7 |
| Region | Cyprus |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Pottery
TYPE
1. Figurine. Petrovic [2004], 254 'Apart from one figurine in a disturbed layer, three figurines were found in pits.'2. Pottery. van Wijngaarden [2002], 183 'At least as much Mycenaean pottery as at Enkomi has been found at Hala Sultan Tekke (site no. 65), both from the settlement and from tombs.', Also p. 184.
3. Sherds. van Wijngaarden [2002], 192 'In general, Mycenaean sherds of various pot shapes appear to have been distributed widely at Hala Sultan Teke.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Petrovic [2004]: 254, 'Mycenaean sherds constituted 2% of the pottery of layer 2 ... '
2. LH IIB: (1470 BC - 1410 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [2002]: 186, 'The earliest Mycenaean find at Hala Sultan Tekke (site no. 65) is a LH IIB-LH IIIA1 alabastron picked up from the surface.'
3. Late Cypriot II: (1450 BC - 1200 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [2002]: 192, 'In the LC II tombs at the site Mycenaean dinner vessels were present in significant numbers, even though, generally there was a relatively high proportion of Myceanean (sic) storage vessels.' See Wijngaarden [2002] 3, n. 18 for usage of 'LC'
4. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [2002]: 186, 'Among the LH IIIA1 finds from this site are piriform jars, cups and a beaked jug.'
5. LH IIIA2: (1375 BC - 1320 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [2002]: 324, ' ... IIIA2 ... '
6. LH IIIB: (1320 BC - 1190 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [2002]: 324, ' ... IIIB ... '
7. Late Cypriot III A1: (1200 BC - 1150 BC)
a. Petrovic [2004]: 254, 'Two of the pits seem to have been rubbish pits, the dated one from LC IIIA1, and the other one in the same layer.'
8. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
a. van Wijngaarden [2002]: 324, ' ... IIIC ... '
NOTE
1. For more see
- Peter M. Fischer, 'Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: A Late Bronze Age Trade Metropolis' in Near Eastern Archaeology (82:4), pp. 236-247, December 2019 which is online here.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Frizell ed. [2004]: Frizell, Barbara Santillo. PECUS. MAN AND ANIMAL IN ANTIQUITY. Proceedings of the conference at the Swedish Institute in Rome, September 9-12, 2002. Ed Barbara Santillo Frizell (The Swedish Institute in Rome. Projects and Seminars, 1), Rome 2004., '', Online here.
2. Petrovic [2004]: Petrovic, Nenad. ‘The significance of Mycenaean animal figurines abroad’, Frizell ed. [2004], 252 - 258, 'Hala Sultan Tekke.', pg. 254.
Online here.
3. van Wijngaarden [2002]: van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan. Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in the Levant, Cyprus and Italy (ca. 1600 - 1200 BC). Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research and Amsterdam University Press. 2002., '13 The cultural significance of Mycenaean Pottery in Cyprus', pg. 183.
Online here.