IDNO
Doc.107
Description
Letter from Alan Summerland to Thryza Smith, Fitzwilliam Museum, enclosing a photograph of an intact burial about forty miles north of Tbilisi, Georgia. Burial was of teenage boy with weapons and pots, roughly 3, 000 years old. Summerland was working on the cross-country pipeline linking the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea, during which time this burial was uncovered.
Smith forwarded the letter and photograph on to Dr. Robin Boast, Curator, MAA.
Place
N Europe; Georgia; Tbilisi
Source
Boast, Robin
Date
1999 - 11 - 12
Keywords
Mortuary
Author
Summerland, Alan
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Letter from Alan Summerland to Thryza Smith, Fitzwilliam Museum, enclosing a photograph of an intact burial about forty miles north of Tbilisi, Georgia. Burial was of teenage boy with weapons and pots, roughly 3,000 years old. Summerland was working on the cross-country pipeline linking the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea, during which time this burial was uncovered.
Smith forwarded the letter and photograph on to Dr. Robin Boast, Curator, MAA.
03/10/2007
Created by: maa on 03/10/2007
FM:140605
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