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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