Accession No
1957.94 A-B
Description
Two sherds from cheese-making vessels. A: Piece of a sieve or colander for lifting curds. B: Part of a ' percolater' for evaporating milk by long continuous heating; this gadget prevented it boiling over. A candle-stick shaped vessel with a central hole, surrounded by a ring of smaller holes. Appenine Bronze Age, from 1600 BC
Place
Europe; Italy; Benvento; Ariana; La Starza
Period
Middle Bronze Age Apennine Bronze Age
Source
Trump, David H. [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1957.94 A-B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (References)
Trump, D.H. (1957). ‘The Prehistoric Settlement at La Starza, Ariano Irpino.’ Papers of the British School at Rome, vol. 25. pp. 1-15
Event Date 1957
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by David H. Trump in 1957.
Event Date 1957
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Related Documents)
See card for sketch of approximate shape
Event Date 1957
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Two sherds from cheese-making vessels. A: Piece of a sieve or colander for lifting curds. B: Part of a ' percolater' for evaporating milk by long continuous heating; this gadget prevented it boiling over. A candle-stick shaped vessel with a central hole, surrounded by a ring of smaller holes. Appenine Bronze Age, from 1600 BC
Event Date 1957
Author: maa
Context (References)
Trump, D.H. (1963). ‘Excavation at La Starza, Ariano Irpino.’ Papers of the British School at Rome, vol. 31(1). pp. 1-32
Event Date 1963
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Related Documents)
See DOC.561.
Event Date 26/11/2024
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:50681
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