Accession No
1955.344 E
Description
Rectilinear strips of bone inlay from a box, decorated with various geometric motifs: diagonal lines and crossed lines, all inlaid with dark infill.
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 E; G73 111 [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 various geometric motifs: diagonal lines and crossed lines, all 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. 463 (no. 11)
Event Date 1965
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
FM:267722
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