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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