Accession No
1938.827.2
Description
Pot, reconstructed from sherds, type 55. Upright neck and rim, carinated upper shoulder with rounded body tapering towards base with foot ring. Drab clay in red colour, fragments missing from rim and body. Possibly a sherd missing.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Türkiye [Turkey]; Hatay Province; Tell Atchana [Alalakh]
Period
Bronze Age
Source
Reckitt, Albert Leopold [monetary donor]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1938.827.2; ATP 79 C [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Pottery; Ceramic
Local Term
Measurements
79mm Weight 0.144kg
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Hand-written in pen 'ATP 79 C'
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Context (Field collection)
Found: Palace. Excavated by Leonard Woolley, British Museum, in 1937 or 1938.
Event Date 1937
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Context (Acquisition Details)
Albert L. Reckitt was a financial contributor to Leonard Woolley’s excavations at Tell Atchana and requested that a selection of material from the excavation be given to MAA in acknowledgement of his gift. This collection entered the museum in 1938. See correspondence from Woolley and Reckitt in the archive (Doc.532).
Event Date 1938
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Context (Related Documents)
Ref. no. on card: ATP.8; Found: Palace
Event Date 1938
Author: Alexandra McKeever
Description (Physical description)
Record for 1938.827 [1-2]: 'C:[sic?] Pot, type 55, light red. E:[sic?] Pot, type 55, drab. Fragments missing from both pots'
Event Date 1938
Author: Alexandra McKeever
Context (References)
Woolley, Leonard. (1955). Alalakh: An Account of the Excavations at Tell Atchana in the Hatay, 1937–1949. Oxford: Society of Antiquaries of London.
Event Date 1955
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Description (Physical description)
A red clay pot, type 55, with fragments missing from the rim and body. It has been partially repaired from sherds.
Event Date 21/3/2019
Author: Alexandra McKeever
Description (Physical description)
Pot, reconstructed from sherds, type 55. Upright neck and rim, carinated upper shoulder with rounded body tapering towards base with foot ring. Drab clay in red colour, fragments missing from rim and body. Adhesive inside the broken section of body suggests a sherd may be missing.
Event Date 2/8/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:283443
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