Description (Physical description)
Description for 1954.264 A-B: 'Two gypsum bottles'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Found: Tomb J12
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. Fig. 171.6
Event Date 1960
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Context (Analysis)
See notes by Rachael Sparks (University of Sydney) of her study made in 1992, in CUMAA archive (BR6/3/2).
Event Date 1992
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Rachael Sparks: 'Alabastron, complete profile preserved, convex base, elongated body, sides flaring in to neck and then out again to rounded collar rim with broad funnel mouth. Vertical chisel marks on interior walls, exterior surface smoothed. Gypsum, fine grained, surface discoloured yellow, pure white at break; translucent.'
Event Date 1992
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
A small bottle made from gypsum, with a rounded base and and elongated body, that gradually tapers up towards the narrow neck. The rim is everted; it has become detached ad only half is present. There are some cracks in the body of the bottle.
Event Date 15/7/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff