Accession No
1924.890 A
Description
A limestone pendant. Sub-rectangular in shape, with a small perforation at one edge.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Malta; Borg in-Nadur
Period
?Bronze Age
Source
Murray, Margaret Alice [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.890 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Limestone
Local Term
Measurements
16mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'SA UP'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board along with 1924.890 B and 1924.890 C. The board has a handwritten label reading: 'Borg En Nadur, Malta. Stone Pendant, obsidian and flint flakes. See M. A. Murray, Excavations in Malta, 1923.' Adhered to the back of the board is a second handwritten label reading: 'Pierced Limestone pendant, v. Murray, Excavations in Malta. Pl. VIII.25. Obsidian flake. v. Murray, p. 26. Flint flakes v. Murray. p. 31.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Murray, Margaret. (1923). Excavations in Malta: Part I. London: B. Quaritch. Plate VIII.25.
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1924.890 A-C: 'A: Limestone pendant, pierced. B: Obsidian flake. C: Numerous flakes of flint.'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
See letter in Correspondence Archive from Margaret Murray, dated 9 September 1924, regarding this donation.
Event Date 9/9/1924
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
A limestone pendant. Sub-rectangular in shape, with a small perforation at one edge.
Event Date 22/3/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:49389
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