Accession No
1955.344 C
Description
15 rectangular strips of bone used as inlay to decorate a wooden box. Strips decorated with diagonal grooves; grooves grouped into sets of three and four on two strips. Two strips detached from perspex mount and broken into two refitting pieces.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho
Period
Middle Bronze Age II
Source
British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem [donor]; Kenyon, Kathleen [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1955.344 C; G73 136 [Excavation Register]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found: Tomb G.73
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Jericho, excavated by Kathleen Kenyon, 1952-1958. See archive for field notebooks, distribution lists, etc. (BR6/3/1/1 – BR6/3/1/8).
Event Date 1952
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Original description: 'Rectilinear strips of bone inlay from a box, decorated with diagonal lines inlaid with dark infill.'
Event Date 1955
Author: maa
Context (References)
Kenyon, K.M. (1965). Excavations at Jericho, Vol. II: The Tombs Excavated in 1955–1958. London: The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. p. 462-463 (no. 136), fig. 244
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
15 rectangular strips of bone used as inlay to decorate a wooden box. Strips decorated with diagonal grooves; grooves grouped into sets of three and four on two strips. Two strips detached from perspex mount and broken into two refitting pieces.
Event Date 27/7/2022
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:267720
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