Accession No
1924.1338
Description
Seven sherds of grey ware. One rim sherd with slightly everted rim and upright body walls with carination. One rim sherd with thick everted rim. One rim sherd with slightly everted rim. One small rim sherd with externally rolled rim. One large, thick rim sherd with upright rim and inturned body walls with carination. Two body sherds, one with carination. All decorated with incised linear designs, some with white infill. Some burnished.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Malta; Hal Tarxien
Period
Bronze Age Phase Ic
Source
Zammit, Themistocles (Professor) [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.1338
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Display)
Handwritten old display label reads: 'Phase 1C, Late. Fine burnished scratched ware, some with white incrustations. Rusticated and studded ware. Hal Tarxien.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Labels & Markings)
All marked in black ink: 'HAL TARXIEN' and 'HT'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated by Professor Zammit through the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Event Date 1924
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card: 'cf. M.A. Murray, Excavations in Malta [1923], Pl. XI, 48, 54, etc.'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Seven fragments of pottery; grey polished ware, finely incised with curved lines.'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa
Context (References)
Zammit, T. (1930). Prehistoric Malta: The Tarxien Temples. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Event Date 1930
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Seven sherds of grey ware. One rim sherd with slightly everted rim and upright body walls with carination. One rim sherd with thick everted rim. One rim sherd with slightly everted rim. One small rim sherd with externally rolled rim. One large, thick rim sherd with upright rim and inturned body walls with carination. Two body sherds, one with carination. All decorated with incised linear designs, some with white infill. Some burnished.
Event Date 26/3/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:49431
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