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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