Accession No

1924.1341


Description

Five sherds of grey ware. One rim sherds with rounded, everted rim and applied large circular pellets on external surface. One rim sherds with rounded, everted rim and incised or slashed linear decoration on external surface. One body sherd with remnants of handle and semi-circular lug and applied small circular pellets on both surfaces. One body sherd with applied large circular pellets, some missing. One body sherd with stabbed decoration.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Malta; Hal Tarxien


Period

Bronze Age Phase Ic


Source

Zammit, Themistocles (Professor) [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1924.1341


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'HAL TARXIEN' and 'HT'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou


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)


Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated by Professor Zammit through the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Event Date 1924
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Five fragments of pottery; grey polished ware; (in three the decoration consists of flattened spheres and ovals of clay, of the same colour as the pot, applied to the surface; in two of rows of holes, the clay pressed up to form a ridge at the side of each hole).'

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)
Five sherds of grey ware. One rim sherds with rounded, everted rim and applied large circular pellets on external surface. One rim sherds with rounded, everted rim and incised or slashed linear decoration on external surface. One body sherd with remnants of handle and semi-circular lug and applied small circular pellets on both surfaces. One body sherd with applied large circular pellets, some missing. One body sherd with stabbed decoration.
Event Date 26/3/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou


FM:49434

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