Accession No

1957.95


Description

Five body sherds from multiple vessels including four of grey fabric and one of light brown fabric. All sherds are decorated with linear and geometric patterns; the decoration on three sherds is filled with white.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Italy; Ariano Irpino; La Starza


Period

Middle Bronze Age Apennine Bronze Age


Source

Trump, David H. [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1957.95


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Two sherds are marked with the letters 'L.S. H1' and one is marked with 'L.S.K'.
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


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: Emily Shorter


Context (Related Documents)
Card with sherds reads "Incised ware. Dotted filling with white in-fill. Raised band with punched triangles, giving a false-relief effect. Appenine Bronze Age middle- late from 1600 BC".
Event Date 1957
Author: Emily Shorter


Context (Analysis)
Appenine Bronze Age, from 1600 BC
Event Date 1957
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Sherds of incised ware; Coarse black or red pottery with deeply incised patterns, the spaces enclosed by lines are sometimes filled with small dots jabbed in. Another form of decoration is to have a raised band between incised lines. This band is punched with small triangles alternately pointing up and down, producing a false-relief effect. All incised patterns were filled in with white to form an even surface
Event Date 1957
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by David H. Trump in 1957.
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)


Description (Physical description)
Five body sherds from multiple vessels including four of grey fabric and one of light brown fabric. All sherds are decorated with linear and geometric patterns; the decoration on three sherds is filled with white.
Event Date 19/3/2024
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:50682

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