Red slip goods

Pot of Red Slip Phoenician Ware; Cypriot Archaic I (7th century BC); Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

A type of ceramic with a red coating, which was especially produced in the Phoenician - Cypriot Iron Age , is called red slip .

Red slip ware is a modern technical term in archeology . Most noticeable is the use of illitic types of clay and slurry , which begin to sinter even at low firing temperatures (800 to 1000 ° C) . Iron oxides are responsible for the red color of the end products. The surface was often given an additional, shiny polish. Under the influence of the Phoenicians, this technique was adopted into Iberian ceramic production in the 7th century . Similar techniques were used in North Africa and Asia Minor during the Roman Empire . These types of ceramic are known as African Red and Sogalassos Red .

literature

• Hans-Gert Bachmann: Attempt to characterize Phoenician red slip ceramics from Toscanos using physical methods. In: Gerta Maass-Lindemann: Excavation campaign 1971 and the import-dated West Phoenician grave pottery of the 7th / 6th centuries. Jhs. v. Chr. (= Madrid researches. Volume 6: . Toscanos The westphönikische settlement at the mouth of the Río de Vélez. Delivery 3). de Gruyter, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-11-008572-0 , 225-232.
• Roald F. Docter: Red slip goods. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 10, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01480-0 , Sp. 822.

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