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


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