Accession No
Z 11547
Description
A jar of medium black fabric with a burnished surface that is black on one half and grey to white on the other half. Hallstatt B. The jar has: a small, flat base flaring to a rounded body, with stamped decoration on the shoulder comprising a row of triangles alternating between two orientations; a slight hollow moulding above the shoulder; a broad, concave neck; an everted, flat-topped rim. Stamped decoration has traces of white infill, possibly lime.
Place
Europe; Western Europe; Switzerland; Lake Neuchâtel; Auvernier
Period
Late Bronze Age
Source
Foster, Walter Kidman [collector and bequeather]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 11547
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; ?Lime
Local Term
Measurements
107mm x 112mm Weight 0.2951kg
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Old printed label with faded text adhered to object. Label appears to read: 'Auvernier. Lake of Neuchatel'.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Accession register description: 'Black bowl with white inlay.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description: 'Vessel of dark clay with black burnished surface. Ornament; In stempelkerbschnitt, dreidopelreihe mit inkrustation. Gessner No. 64. Condition good, good example.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
See catalogue card for sketch (1:2).
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Old exhibition label mounted on perspex found with object, reads: 'Z.11547. Wide shouldered burnished beaker with everted rim. Note stamped decoration in "kerbsnitt" technique. (Late Bronze Age II).'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Analysis)
The ornament numbers refer to the Gessner publication, Pl. VI; No. 195.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
University of Cambridge, Museum of General and Local Archaeology. (1892). 'The Walter K. Foster Bequest. Catalogue of the Antiquities.'
Event Date 1892
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Piece missing from body of pot near the base, and chips missing from the rim.
Event Date 6/6/2000
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in the Andrews Gallery, case 4.17, from 08/03/2012 until 21/09/2020.
Event Date 8/3/2012
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
A jar of medium black fabric with a burnished surface that is black on one half and grey to white on the other half. Hallstatt B. The jar has: a small, flat base flaring to a rounded body, with stamped decoration on the shoulder comprising a row of triangles alternating between two orientations; a slight hollow moulding above the shoulder; a broad, concave neck; an everted, flat-topped rim. Stamped decoration has traces of white infill, possibly lime.
Event Date 16/4/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:44065
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