Accession No

1926.125 A.1-14


Description

Fourteen sherds of coarse, gritty red ware pottery. Small body sherds, including one (13) with a depressed line the length of it, and 6, with two parallel triangular ridges protruding.


Place

Europe; Western Europe; France; Brittany; Morbihan; Melrand; Locmariaquer


Period

?Neolithic


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Aveneau de la Grancière, Paul (Comte) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.125 A.1-14


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1 for 1926.125 [A-E]: '1926.125.1,3,4: Stone and pottery objects
1926.125.2: Small polished celt
1926.125.5: Earth, cinder and charcoal'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
All marked with white stickers numbered 1-14, except 1, 5 and 9. Three without stickers, presumably 1, 5 and 9.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Related Documents)
Old label reads: '1: Tumulus de Tumulus de Mottenic, près de Locmaria en Melrand (Morbihan). No 1-14 - Fragments de Poterie, No 15-17 - quartz blanc et rouges.'
[Translation]: 'Mottenic Tumulus, near Locmaria en Melrand (Morbihan).No 1-14 - Fragments of pottery; No 15-17 - white and red (pl) quartz.'
It has also been photographed.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 2 for 1926.125 [A-E]: '1926.125.1: (1-14) Potsherds (15-17) quartz pebbles
1926.125.2: Small stone axe
1926.125.3: Stone object
1926.125.4: Stone object
1926.125.5: Glass jar with earth sample'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought by the donor from the collection of the Comte Aveneau de la Granciere, Lot 6.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Related Documents)
Old label affixed to piece of cardboard reads: 'Lot 6. Fouille du Tumulus de Mottenic, près de Locmaria en Melrand (Morbihan). Voir. Bull. Soc. Polymathique du Morbihan, année 1902. - p380'
[Translation:] 'Lot 6. Excavation of the Mottenic Tumulus, near Locmaria en Melrand (Morbihan). See Bulletin of the Polymathic Society of Morbihan, year 1902. - p.380'.

Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Field collection)
Found: Tumulus of Mottenic. Collected by Paul Aveneau de la Granciere.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
(1902). Bulletin de la Société Polymathique du Morbihan. p. 380
Event Date 1902
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Fourteen sherds of coarse, gritty red ware pottery. Small body sherds, including one (13) with a depressed line the length of it, and 6, with two parallel triangular ridges protruding.
Event Date 10/4/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:49497

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