Accession No

1954.251 G


Description

Body sherd from a grey ware storage jar, with combed decoration in the form of a row of impressed cord ornaments with horizontal lines below.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho


Period

Early Middle Bronze Age


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1954.251 G; ?J12 [Excavation Register]; ?G12 [Excavation Register]; JPB 2.2 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

95mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: Tomb G12.

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: Lizzy Peneycad


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: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (References)
Kenyon, K.M. (1965). Excavations at Jericho, Vol. II: The Tombs Excavated in 1955–1958. London: The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
Event Date 1965
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Fragment from storage jar. Impressed cord ("maggot") and combed ornament.
Event Date 5/8/1992
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
Accessions Register notes that these sherds are from Tomb J12. I could not find these sherds listed in the Kenyon volumes for either Tomb J12 or Tomb G12. They have been packed with material from J12.
Event Date 17/10/2001
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Body sherd from a grey ware storage jar, with combed decoration in the form of a row of impressed cord ornaments with horizontal lines below.
Event Date 14/7/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:298820

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