Context (Field collection)
Excavated from Site 100.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

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Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card for 1953.210-424 and Z 31677-83 states a date of Neolithic, 1000-c.300 BC.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Analysis)
Information extracted from the original Context field dated the material to various dates; ?9th century-?3rd century BC, 11th-?4th century BC, and 1000-300 BC. The Period field stated 'Meroitic' which shall remain at present. More investigation of the material will have to be undertaken to fully assess and date the objects.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Field collection)
Excavated during the Wellcome expedition 1910-1914. Found at Site 100, no stratification given. Excavated by in ?1910 or ?1911.
Event Date 1910
Author: Lucie Carreau

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Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated to MAA in 1946 by the Trustees of Sir Henry Wellcome.
Event Date 1946
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Addison, Frank. (1949). Jebel Moya. The Wellcome Expedition in the Sudan. vol. I Text, vol. II Plates. Oxford University Press: London. pl. LXII
Event Date 1949
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1953.258 [1-11]: 'Crude human figurines of clay, some of phallic form. It is thought that these may have been of ritual or magic significance...'
Event Date 1953
Author: Lucie Carreau

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Description (Physical description)
[one of] 11 fragments of figurines, or pottery objects. One appears to be a humanoid body and head, two human legs, rest are unidentifiable (22/3/2002 - S. Webb).
Event Date 22/3/2002
Author: Lucie Carreau

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Context (Analysis)
In March 2019, Dr. Isabelle Vella Gregory studied the Jebel Moya figurines at MAA. She provided measurements and an updated description. Information regarding her analysis can be found in the archive, Doc.491.

Event Date 3/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
Isabelle Vella Gregory: 'Kiln support. Similar to 258.1, but free standing. Wider base which is flat. Base width is 1.7 to 0.7 cm at top. Small clay cone'
Event Date 3/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Analysis)
In March 2019, Dr. Isabelle Vella Gregory noted: 'Small clay cone, similar to Petrie Museum UC47321 & UC47319 & UC47320 & UC47321 & UC47322, Ptolemaic (Memphis). Small ceramic vessels used as support for vessels during firing. Also, Petrie UC4370, Naqada 5 small clay cones leather partly preserved from Naqada Tomb 1587. Misidentified as figurines by Addison'. In response to this the Object Name has been amended from 'Human Figurine' to Kiln support
Event Date 3/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: '75'.
Event Date 12/3/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

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Description (Physical description)
Stylized human figurines of clay.
Event Date 12/3/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

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Context (References)
Vella Gregory, Isabelle. (2021). 'Re-examining Jebel Moya figurines: new directions for figurine studies in Sudan'. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. pp. 1-26. p. 10 fig. 4.
Event Date 2021
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson