Accession No

1926.330 A


Description

Two rim sherds from the necks of jugs, one of red fabric and the other of greyish fabric. Both have straightedged rims.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Greece; Central Macedonia; Thessaloniki; Lembet; Lembet Toumba


Period

Early Bronze Age


Source

Hutchinson, William W. [collector and donor]; Welch, F.B. [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.330 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Collected by R.W. Hutchinson and F.B. Welch, 1926. Two sites at Lembet are represented [in this donation]. 1) Lembet Toumba: Bronze Age [1926.330] 2) Lembet Table: Iron Age and later [1926.331]. 1926.333 are also from Lembet, probably Lembet Table.
Event Date 1926
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1926.330 A-D: 'Potsherds of various dates: A: Early Bronze Age: two fragments of rims, handmade ware, polished surface, one red, one brown B: Middle Bronze Age: 9 fragments of coarse handmade ware, mostly red or reddish; some with incised ornament; one fragment with spiral in this technique; one fragment black, showing incised lines filled in with pink C: Late Bronze Age: (i.e: practically contemporary with Mycenaean): 11 fragments of smooth-surfaced brown ware, of purple- on-buff and purple-on-grey: one fragment of rim of colander: one projecting triangular pierced handle. ch D: Mycenaean, one fragment'.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1926.330 A-D: 'B - the black sherd with lines filled with pink has had 'M' crossed through on the sherd, with 'L' added to read 'LBA'; C - the sherd with the handle has been repaired.'
Event Date 26/7/2000
Author: Esther Laver


Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card notes that these were collected by R.W. Hutchinson and F.B. Welch 'during the 1926 [Vardaroftsa] excavations', although this site is not mentioned in the subsequent publications (see Heurtley, W.A. and Hutchinson, R.W. (1925/26). 'Report on the Excavations at the Toumba and Tables of Vardaroftsa, Macedonia, 1925, 1926: Part I. The Toumba.' The Annual of the British School at Athens, vol. 27. pp. 1-66; see Heurtley, W.A. & Davies, O. (1926). 'Report on the Excavations at the Toumba and Tables of Vardaróftsa, Macedonia, 1925, 1926; Part I.' The Annual of the British School at Athens, vol. 28. pp. 195-200.).
Event Date 15/3/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Two rim sherds from the necks of jugs, one of red fabric and the other of greyish fabric. Both have straightedged rims.
Event Date 18/3/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:49566

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