Accession No

TEMP.00863.1


Description

Sherd, incorporating an upright rim; burnt orange fabric. Geometric patterns painted on the interior and exterior using black and red pigments.


Place

Asia; ?West Asia; ?Iraq; ?Arpachiyah; ?Tepe Reshwa


Period

Halaf Stage III


Source

?British Museum [donor]; ?Mallowan, Max Edgar Lucien [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.00863.1; M/; /W


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: '/W' or 'M/'
Event Date
Author: Leanne Daly


Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1933 by Max Mallowan, sponsored by the British Museum and the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
Event Date 1933
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Context (References)
Cf. Mallowan, M.E.L. and Cruikshank Rose, J. (1935). ‘Excavations at Tall Arpachiyah, 1933', Iraq, 2. pp. 1-178.
Event Date 1935
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Description for TEMP.00863.1-2: 'two unmarked sherds from different vessels'.
Event Date 10/6/2003
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Context (Found together / assemblage)
This sherd was found, unmarked with accession number, by the 2000s Shorts Project with a series of sherds from Arpachiyah (1936.131 onwards). If it is part of the same series then it was excavated in 1933, possibly by Max Mallowan.
Event Date 10/6/2003
Author: Leanne Daly


Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd with different geometric designs on either side.
Event Date 22/3/2019
Author: Leanne Daly


Description (Physical description)
Sherd, incorporating an upright rim; burnt orange fabric. Geometric patterns painted on the interior and exterior using black and red pigments.
Event Date 21/7/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth


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