Accession No
1924.1346
Description
Two sherds of grey ware. One rim sherd with rounded, upright rim and stabbed holes on external surface. One body sherd with slashed or incised lines on orange buff surface.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Malta; Hal Tarxien
Period
Bronze Age Phase Ic
Source
Zammit, Themistocles (Professor) [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.1346
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: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Two fragments of pottery; one black and one red, the former with stabbed, the latter with gashed ornament.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card: 'cf. M.A. Murray, Excavations in Malta [1923], Pl. III, 4.'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated by Professor Zammit through the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Event Date 1924
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
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 sherds of grey ware. One rim sherd with rounded, upright rim and stabbed holes on external surface. One body sherd with slashed or incised lines on orange buff surface.
Event Date 26/3/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:49439
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