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Brief Overview
The definition of the what is a cup is the same for all units and all time periods in the UGR. See here for further details. The number of cup shapes, as usual, are fewer than in the categories of jars or bowls. Illustrated in the catalog are 25 cup shapes.
Conical cups are the prevalent cup type in early ED III; they are produced in coarser examples of Simple ware than in late ED III. For statistics regarding the number of cup sherds see introduction.
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