Accession No
1924.1342
Description
Three body sherds of coarse grey ware. One carinated, with applied large circular pellets. One thick and flat, with stabbed holes and fragment of raised circular, possibly a kiln waster. One thick and flat, with applied decoration, possibly a kiln waster.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Malta; Hal Tarxien
Period
Neolithic
Source
Zammit, Themistocles (Professor) [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.1342
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 (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, 75'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Three fragments of pottery; coarse pinkish-grey ware. Decoration: in one piece, flattened spheres of clay applied to the surface; in another stabbed ornament; in another, very rough overlapping ridge.'
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)
Three body sherds of coarse grey ware. One carinated, with applied large circular pellets. One thick and flat, with stabbed holes and fragment of raised circular, possibly a kiln waster. One thick and flat, with applied decoration, possibly a kiln waster.
Event Date 26/3/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:49435
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