Accession No
1987.1202.7
Description
Obsidian fragment and worked flint fragment.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho
Period
Proto-Urban
Source
British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem [donor]; Kenyon, Kathleen [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1987.1202.7; JPE 123 7 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint; Obsidian
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Deposit: Square E III IV. Phase no.SRi/Wi; occupation levels.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
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: Annie Tomkins
Context (References)
Payne, J.C. (1983). ‘Appendix C: The Flint Industries of Jericho’. In Kenyon, K.M. and Holland, T.A. Excavations at Jericho, Vol. V: The Pottery Phases of the Tell and Others Finds. London: The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
Event Date 1983
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (Amendments / updates)
Original record not found - this created from Accessions Register.
Event Date 29/11/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1987.1202[.1-7] reads: 'Unpublished flints. 3 bags.'
Event Date 29/11/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
includes a piece of obsidian.
Event Date 6/12/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (Amendments / updates)
In August 2015, Prof. Stuart Campbell and Dr Elizabeth Healey, University of Manchester, tested part of this idno using a portable XRF as part of a programme of obsidian source analysis of Middle Eastern material. The envelope containing the tested piece(s) of obsidian has been marked 'XRF Tested 2015'.
Event Date 23/3/2016
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Obsidian fragment and worked flint fragment.
Event Date 22/8/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:299273
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