Object

Accession No

1927.1955 A

Description

Shallow bowl, broken into seven sherds. Medium, gritty fabric with a dark grey core and orange-brown surfaces. External surface is smoothed, partially burnished, and painted dark orange-brown. The bowl has: a flat base, slightly thickened, with a raised dimple on the inside; a flared body with a high, rounded shoulder; a slightly inturned rim with a flat top; a wide mouth.

Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Balkans; Slovenia; Kobarid; Sveta Lucija [Santa Lucia] [Most Na Soči]

Period

Early Iron Age

Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Szombathy, Josef [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1927.1955 A

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

72mm

Events

Context (Related Documents)
See P.47330.MUS in the Photo Collection, which was found in the paper archive with letter (LL1/4/11).
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Related Documents)
Transcription of notes accompanying the specimens: 'Grab 29 (1845) 1.1m. Roter Topf (um einige Scherden). Schale. 2 Fibela. 1 Finger ring.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old handwritten marking in white ink reads: 'St. Lucia. 1890. Gr. [Grave number has been painted over]'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Related Documents)
See archive (Doc.540) for notes and drawings of objects from each grave group.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Grave 1845. Excavated by Josef Szombathy, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna in July 1890. According to Teržan et al (1985), 'Graves 1817 to 1876 were originally marked in Szombathy's diary from 1 to 60, but they were later transferred to graves from 1817 to 1876' (p. 403); this was originally numbered Grave 29.
Event Date 7/1890
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1927.1955 A: 'Shallow wide-mouthed bowl of dark red ware, narrow flat base, incurved rim.'
Event Date 1927
Author: maa

Context (References)
Teržan, B. et al. (1984). Most na Soči (S. Lucia) II. Table. Katalogi in monografije, 23/2. Ljubljana, Narodni muzej v Ljubljani. p. 174, F.4.
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Biba Teržan: 'Fragmented shallow bowl of red clay with traces of black coating. BD. [Body Diameter] 5.8 cm.' [translated from Slovenian to English].
Event Date 1985
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (References)
Teržan, B. et al. (1985). Most na Soči (S. Lucia) II. Tekst. Die Ausgrabungen von J. Szombathy. Catalogi et monographiae 23/1. Ljubljana, Narodni muzej v Ljubljani. p. 297.
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Now in pieces.
Event Date 19/10/2000
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Shallow bowl, broken into seven sherds. Medium, gritty fabric with a dark grey core and orange-brown surfaces. External surface is smoothed, partially burnished, and painted dark orange-brown. The bowl has: a flat base, slightly thickened, with a raised dimple on the inside; a flared body with a high, rounded shoulder; a slightly inturned rim with a flat top; a wide mouth.
Event Date 27/3/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

FM:49072