Description (Labels & Markings)
Faint marking on base in black ink: 'XI. I 5B [?or 13 or 18]'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marking in black ink reading 'V.1209' is crossed through.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Field collection)
Possibly from Tomb VI [Note: in the publication, none of the illustrations of pottery from Tomb VI match 1924.863 B]. Excavated by Duncan Mackenzie, Palestine Exploration Fund, 1910-1912; the field season when this object was excavated is currently unknown.
Event Date 1910
Author: maa

Context (References)
Mackenzie, Duncan. (1913). ‘The Tombs of Beth-Shemesh’. Palestine Exploration Fund Annual, vol. 2. pp. 40-92. cf. Plates XXXIX B.5, XLI.18, LVII.13 [Note: the closest match is XXXIX B.5, which is from Tomb IV].
Event Date 1913
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Analysis)
Duncan Mackenzie describes this type of object as a water-decanter.
Event Date 1913
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.863 A-C: 'Three decanters. Wheelmade ware with ridged neck and well-marked foot, slightly dished.'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Purchased from the Department of Antiquities, Jerusalem in 1924, see typescript list and correspondence (Doc.539). 
Event Date 1924
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Water decanter of coarse, pinkish orange to buff coloured fabric. Wheelmade, with shallow grooves across the surface. The vessel has: a circular base with a footring; a body that is flared at the bottom and then tapers towards an obtuse-angled shoulder with a domed top; a narrow neck with a central ridge, connected to a wide, vertical, strap handle with a crescent shaped cross section; a rounded, everted rim with a recessed internal edge.
Event Date 14/9/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad