Accession No
1987.477.1
Description
19 fragments of worked obsidian.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho
Period
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
Source
British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem [donor]; Kenyon, Kathleen [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1987.477.1; JPB 6.35 b [Excavation no.]; JPB 6.37 [Excavation no.]; JPB 6.38 [Excavation no.]; JPB 6.39 [Excavation no.]; JPG 3.44 d6 [Excavation no.]; JPg 3.44 c [Excavation no.]; JPE 11.02 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Obsidian
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Deposit: Trench I - YF-I; Tip Lines over Top of Tower; VIII-IX vi
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Jericho, excavated by Kathleen Kenyon, 1952-1958. See archive for field notebooks, distribution lists, etc. (BR6/3/1/1 – BR6/3/1/8).
Event Date 1952
Author: Sam Daisley
Context (References)
Payne, J.C. (1983). ‘Appendix C: The Flint Industries of Jericho’. In Kenyon, K.M. and Holland, T.A. Excavations at Jericho, Vol. V: The Pottery Phases of the Tell and Others Finds. London: The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
Event Date 1983
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Obsidian; Stone Obsidian; Specimen
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
In August 2015, Prof. Stuart Campbell and Dr Elizabeth Healey, University of Manchester, tested part of this idno using a portable XRF as part of a programme of obsidian source analysis of Middle Eastern material. The envelope containing the tested piece(s) of obsidian has been marked 'XRF Tested 2015'.
Event Date 23/3/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
19 fragments of worked obsidian.
Event Date 12/8/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:25720
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