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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