Accession No

1956.13 B


Description

A wheel-made bowl of buff fabric. Shallow with bevelled rim, curved walls, and short pedestal base. Partially reconstructed from sherds.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Kalakh; Nimrud


Period

Assyrian


Source

British School of Archaeology in Iraq [donor]; Mallowan, Max Edgar Lucien [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1956.13 B; ND 1359 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

200mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Room MM (below floor 2), Northwest Palace, Nimrud. Excavated by Max Mallowan, British School of Archaeology in Iraq, between 1949-1957; the field season is currently unknown.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa


Context (References)
Mallowan, M.E.L. (1966). Nimrud and Its Remains, vols. 1-2. London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
Event Date 1966
Author: Emily Shorter


Context (Analysis)
Examined on 6 August 2013 by Dr Eleanor Robson, Reader in Ancient Near Eastern History at UCL, who added the following information about its findspot: 'Northwest Palace, Room MM, below floor 2'.
Event Date 6/8/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (CMS Description)
Wheel-made open bowl with bevelled rim, in pinkish-buff smoothed fabric.
Event Date 29/5/2014
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A wheel-made bowl of buff fabric. Shallow with bevelled rim, curved walls, and short pedestal base. Partially reconstructed from sherds.
Event Date 25/8/2022
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:267663

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