Context (Field collection)
Found: Tomb G.73


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: Katrina Dring

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. p. 462-463 (no. 136), fig. 244
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Original description for 1955.344 A.1-8: 'Decorative bone inlay from a box in the form of eight birds, apparently in pairs of varying shape.'
Event Date 6/8/1992
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Seven fragments of decorated bone were mistakenly accessioned in 1994 as Medieval or Saxon 'fragments of bone comb and anthropomorphic figures' from '?British Isles; ?England'. They were later correctly identified as pieces of bone inlay from a wooden box excavated at Jericho, part of 1955.334 A-E. The identification was supported by Kathleen Kenyon's description and illustration.

Event Date 15/7/2014
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
One piece of bone carved in the shape of a bird. Used as inlay to decorate a wooden box.
Event Date 26/7/2022
Author: Katrina Dring