Accession No

1957.170.2


Description

Red slip ware bowl, now in 21 sherds.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Syria; Al Mina


Period

?Assyrian 8th century BC


Source

du Plat Taylor, Joan [donor]; British Museum [collector]; Woolley, Leonard (Sir) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1957.170.2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

Weight 0.21kg


Events

Description (Physical description)
Record for 1957.170 [1-2]: 'Two bowls (restored). Red slip ware, one decorated internally and at rim with rings of brown paint (cf Megiddo IV, Hawam 3, "Samaria Ware", but it is a finer version).'
Event Date
Author: Lawrence Webb


Context (Field collection)
Found: Al Mina 8-7
Event Date
Author: Lawrence Webb


Context (References)
du Plat Taylor, Joan. (1959). 'The Cypriot and Syrian Pottery from Al Mina, Syria'. Iraq, 21(1), 62–92.
Event Date 1959
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Schierup, S. (2013). 'Al Mina Pottery in the National Museum of Denmark'. In H. Thomasen, K. Johannsen & A. Rathje (eds), 'Vessels and Variety: New Aspects of Ancient Pottery', pp. 251-299. Copenhagen: Collegium Hyperboreum and Museum Tusculaneum Press.
Event Date 2013
Author: Lawrence Webb


Description (Physical description)
Restored red slip ware bowl, now in sherds
Event Date 21/3/2019
Author: Lawrence Webb


Description (Physical description)
Red slip ware bowl, now in 21 sherds.
Event Date 24/7/2023
Author: Esther Laver


FM:283444

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