Accession No

1926.334 A


Description

Rim sherd of grey polished ware. Incised collar and geometric diamond incisions below, made with a knife.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Greece; Central Macedonia; Thessaloniki; Gona


Period

?Neolithic


Source

Cuttle, William L. [donor and ?collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.334 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

39mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Written on sherd: 'Goná F.B. Cuttle'. sic. Goná is thought to be incorrect and this sherd is actually from Sedes (see Update). Cuttle's first initial is W, whereas Welch's is F.B. It is assumed that the person labelling this sherd confused the names, and so 'F.B. would be disregarded.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Context (References)
Rey, Léon. (1921). Observations sur les Premiers Habitats de la Macedoine Recueillies par le Service Archeologique de l'Armee d'Orient. Paris. pp. 154-159
Event Date 1921
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Found: Toumba of Sedes, possibly collected by William Cuttle in 1926 although it is possible it is from Léon Rey's excavation.
Event Date 1926
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of grey polished ware, incised ornament.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa


Context (Acquisition Details)
A letter from William Cuttle to Louis Clarke, dated 9 August 1926, is attached to the catalogue card for 1926.334. In it he notes that he has been 'verifying the provenance of the sherds [1926.334-336] which [he] unloaded on [Clarke] in Cambridge about a month ago', specifically references to Léon Rey's publication (1926). The catalogue card notes the sherds were 'collected during the 1926 excavations', presumably the 1926 excavations of Vardaroftsa by W.A. Heurtley and R.W. Hutchinson, of which Cuttle was a member, although this is not specified in the letter, nor in the publication of the Vardaroftsa excavation, and it is possible they are actually from Léon Rey's excavations.
Event Date 7/1926
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
This sherd was originally recorded as being from Gona, along with 1926.334 B, and is marked with that site name, but it is listed in Cuttle's letter as being from the 'Tomba of Sedes' so the marking is seen as a mistake (see label) and the Place field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 14/3/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd of grey polished ware. Incised collar and geometric diamond incisions below, made with a knife.
Event Date 18/3/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:49570

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