Accession No

1954.252 B


Description

Flat-based bottle-necked jug of light buff fabric, probably for carrying oil. Single strap handle with groove down centre.


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

1954.252 B; J12 5 [Excavation Register]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

118mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1954.252 A-M: 'Thirteen flat-based bottle-necked jugs probably for carrying oil. Single strap handles with groove down centre.
A: Neck missing. Light buff fabric. No.11.
B: Light buff fabric. No.5.
C: Yellow buff fabric. No.6?.
D: Red buff fabric. No.8.
E: Whitish fabric. No.3.
F: Grey buff burnished. No.79.
G: Reddish. Grey burnished slip. No.31.
H: Grey unburnished. No.6.
I: Grey, burnished grey slip. No.38.
J: Buff, burnished grey slip. No.30.
K: Grey, burnished grey slip. No.29.
L: Grey, burnished grey slip. No.39.
M: Fragment. Black burnished. No.40'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Found: Tomb J12
Event Date 1952
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: Lily Stancliffe


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: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1954.252 A-M: 'A has been glued together from sherds, handle broken off but present. Parts of body still missing. C has glued back together, some areas of body still missing. D - section of body broken off and missing, has been glued back together, there are two loose sherds. F has been glued back together, but is now in four pieces. It has been glued back together and reconstructed using infill. G has half the body broken off and missing; rim, neck and handle and other sherds present, but detached. I - handle and top of neck broken off and missing. J has parts of neck and body broken off and missing; part of rim broken off but present. The handles of G and M have no groove down the centre. A small envelope was found with M, containing fragments of alabaster. The label accompanying these fragments reads: "48. Alabaster double-juglets 6/3 DK"
Event Date 16/10/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Flat-based bottle-necked jug of light buff fabric, probably for carrying oil. Single strap handle with groove down centre.
Event Date 14/7/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:298781

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