Macroscopic, petrographic, and chemical data on ceramics from the Paphos Gate site in Nicosia, Cyprus

This dataset concerns the Ottoman-period (the late 16th-19th centuries) pottery from the Paphos Gate site in Nicosia, Cyprus. It was generated as part of the project 'Byzantine and Ottoman ceramic workshops in the Eastern Mediterranean' funded by the A.G. Leventis Foundation. The project was carried out at the Cyprus Institute STARC (PI Thilo Rehren). As part of research, samples of 80 ceramic vessels were selected for scientific analysis with the permission of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus. Sampling strategy was designed based on the archaeological study of the entire assemblage. These samples were classified into wares and petrographic fabrics (Table 1). During the macroscopic examination, the cross-sections of samples were recorded (Cross sections_Figures 1-80). Ceramic petrography analysis was carried out at the Archaeological Science Laboratories of the Cyprus Institute (Petrographic description of fabrics). Petrographic photomicrographs of thin sections can be found in the folder 'Petrographic photomicrographs Figures 1-44'. A sub-set of 39 samples was submitted to the Fitch Laboratory of the British School at Athens for wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WD-XRF) analysis. The chemical data concerning ceramic bodies obtained with WD-XRF are given in Table 2. For the chemical analysis of slips and glazes, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS) was used at the Archaeological Science Laboratories of the Cyprus Institute. The chemical composition of slips determined through SEM-EDS analysis is given in Table 3. The comparison between chemical compositions of ceramic bodies and slips (SEM-EDS) is presented in Table 4. The chemical analysis of glazes determiend through SEM-EDS is given in Table 5. The comaprison betwen compositions (SEM-EDS) of different layers of ceramic samples is given in Table 6. All SEM photomicrographs are collected in the folder 'SEM photomicrographs Figures 1-38'.