Accession No

1947.628 D


Description

A flat base sherd of buff coloured fabric.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Türkiye [Turkey]; Mersin; Yumuktepe


Period

Early Cilician Hittite 2500 BC


Source

Garstang, John [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.628 D; M37 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

47mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Level Xx-Xxa. Excavated by John Garstang, 1937. See archive (BR6/1/9).
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated in 1939 (see archive BR6/1/9) but not registered until 1947, likely due to the war.
Event Date 1939
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1947.628 [A-M]: 'Pottery sherds of various dates'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa


Context (References)
Garstang, John. (1953). Prehistoric Mersin: Yümük Tepe in Southern Turkey. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Event Date 1953
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
A flat base sherd of buff coloured fabric.
Event Date 8/8/2023
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:303126

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