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
FM:283481
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