Accession No

1954.262 B


Description

A vessel of buff fabric with cream slip, with a high, rounded shoulder and an everted rim at the top of a narrow neck. The body of the vessel tapers to a narrow point near the bottom, then flares out again to a pedestal base. There has been some loss to the rim; only about a third is present.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho


Period

Middle Bronze Age II


Source

British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem [donor]; Kenyon, Kathleen [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1954.262 B; J12 27 [Excavation Register]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

142mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: Tomb J12
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1954.262 A-C:
'Three goblets with raised bases and flared rims.
A: Red fabric with cream slip. No.65.
B: Buff fabric with cream slip. No.12.
C: Red fabric with cream slip. No.67.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Jericho, excavated by Kathleen Kenyon, 1952-1958. See archive for field notebooks, distribution lists, etc. (BR6/3/1/1 – BR6/3/1/8).
Event Date 1952
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Context (References)
Kenyon, K.M. (1960). Excavations at Jericho, Vol. I: The Tombs Excavated in 1952–1954. London: The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
Event Date 1960
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1954.262 A-C: 'A is steeply carinated. B is pedestal vase shape, about two thirds of rim broken off and missing. C also steeply carinated, almost flat above shoulder'.
Event Date 22/10/2001
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (Physical description)
A vessel of buff fabric with cream slip, with a high, rounded shoulder and an everted rim at the top of a narrow neck. The body of the vessel tapers to a narrow point near the bottom, then flares out again to a pedestal base. There has been some loss to the rim; only about a third is present.
Event Date 13/7/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:298769

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