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 various geometric motifs: diagonal lines, crossed lines, and combinations of oblique and longitudinal lines, all inlaid with dark infill. A single pillar ornament similar to 1959.204 A.'
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

Context (Amendments / updates)
Two short strips and the pillar ornament were separated from the rest of the idno and, at a presumably later date, reaccessioned as part of 1994.90. They were matched up to 1955.344 D using the Kenyon's description and illustration and are now marked with both idnos. 1994.90 has therefore also been added to the MAA Number field.
Event Date 15/7/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Amendments / updates)
Seven fragments of decorated bone were mistakenly accessioned in 1994 as Medieval or Saxon 'fragments of bone comb and anthropomorphic figures' from '?British Isles; ?England'. They were later correctly identified as pieces of bone inlay from a wooden box excavated at Jericho, part of 1955.334 A-E. The identification was supported by Kathleen Kenyon's description and illustration.

Event Date 15/7/2014
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
26 rectangular strips and one piece of bone used as inlay to decorate a wooden box. Strips decorated with grooves in various longitudinal, diagonal and hatched groupings; some grooves filled with black pigment; one piece in a composite shape of stacked triangles said to resemble a pillar. Three fragments detached from perspex mount; five not mounted on perspex.
Event Date 27/7/2022
Author: Katrina Dring