Accession No
1955.80
Description
Buff coarse ware rim sherd with incomplete tunnel handle. Simple rim, external side curves outwards with a perforated circular hole for a finger hold; flat on the exterior but creating a tunnel and round bulge on the interior.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Malta; Birżebbuġa; Għar Dalam
Period
Neolithic
Source
Burkitt, Miles Crawford [donor]; Caton Thompson, Gertrude [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1955.80
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
82mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked with a circle of blue-green ?paint.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Handle of pottery in coarse buff ware. " Tunnel" type
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Small sticker adhered to object reads: 'Ghar Dalam Neolithic'.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Gertrude Caton Thompson in c. 1923.
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Other owners)
This is likely one of the fragments of pottery from Ghar Dalam sent to Miles Burkitt by Gertrude Caton Thompson on 19 March 1923 (see archive MM1/10/37) for 'comparative purposes.' In her letter she notes that she has labelled them 'according to the ideas of [Themistocles] Zammit' but that their classification was still unsatisfactory and subject to change. Caton Thompson has therefore been added to the Source field.
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Murray, Margaret. (1925). Excavations in Malta: Part II. London: B. Quaritch.
Event Date 1925
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Buff coarse ware rim sherd with incomplete tunnel handle. Simple rim, external side curves outwards with a perforated circular hole for a finger hold; flat on the exterior but creating a tunnel and round bulge on the interior.
Event Date 25/3/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:50325
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