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

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)
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

Description (Physical description)
A small bowl or saucer of red coloured fabric with an upright rim with a flattened top, slightly angled shoulder and walls that taper to a narrow flat base.
Event Date 15/9/2023
Author: Emily Shorter