Accession No

1924.1339


Description

Two rim sherds of grey ware. One black burnished, with slightly everted rim. One grey polished, with slightly everted and possibly externally rolled rim, upright body walls with carination and small semi-circular lug at carination. Both with scratched or incised curved lines on external surface.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Malta; Hal Tarxien


Period

Bronze Age Late Phase Ic


Source

Zammit, Themistocles (Professor) [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1924.1339


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)
One sherd marked in pencil: 'N' or 'Z'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Marked in black ink: 'HAL TARXIEN' and 'HT'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Two fragments of pottery; one black and one dark grey polished ware, finely incised with curved lines.'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa


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, 51'
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)
Two rim sherds of grey ware. One black burnished, with slightly everted rim. One grey polished, with slightly everted and possibly externally rolled rim, upright body walls with carination and small semi-circular lug at carination. Both with scratched or incised curved lines on external surface.
Event Date 26/3/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:49432

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