Accession No
1924.868 D
Description
A wheel-made bowl of orange coloured fabric with an everted rim, angular shoulder and slightly rounded body walls that taper to a narrow flat base. Some loss from the rim and shoulder.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Israel; Beit Shemesh [Beth Shemesh]
Period
Early Iron Age
Source
Department of Antiquities, Jerusalem [donor]; Mackenzie, Duncan [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.868 D; B.442 [Dept. of Antiquities No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
135mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Tomb VI. 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
Event Date 1913
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.868 A-G: 'Several red bowls and saucers. They differ much in quality, all are undecorated unless the wheel burnishing of the interior of A, and to a lesser extent, D, can be so described. It is like imitation Samian ware.'
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: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
A wheel-made bowl of orange coloured fabric with an everted rim, angular shoulder and slightly rounded body walls that taper to a narrow flat base. Some loss from the rim and shoulder.
Event Date 15/9/2023
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:304208
Images (Click to view full size):