Accession No
1924.1348 B
Description
Four sherds from several vessels. Black handle sherd decorated with an incised triangle, which is decorated with horizontal lines and small incised triangles along each line. Handle sherd decorated with lime-filled incised chevrons along the flat side; the other is rounded in semicircular shape. Grey ware body sherd decorated with lime-filled incised lozenges, most straight with some wavy lines. Black sherd, possibly part of a base, with biconical exterior and rounded interior, decorated with lime-filled incised lines in chevron pattern.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Malta; il-Bahrija [Bahria]
Period
Bronze Age Late Phase IIc
Source
Zammit, Themistocles (Professor) [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.1348 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; Lime
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Label for 1924.1348 A reads: 'Bahria. Br/A. Early Phase IIc'
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.1348 [A-C]: 'Nine fragments of pottery: grey and black ware, incised with straight line and zig-zag patterns. One piece is part of a base. One piece has the broken lower end of handles and one sherd, one piece, with herring bone design, seems to be part of a thick handle; three pieces, more delicately incised seem to be part of thin flat handles.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Display label reads: 'Phase II C, Late. Dark chip-carved ware, Bahria. Related to pottery of Italian Early Iron Age.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Labels & Markings)
Separate to their suffix marking, two are labelled 'B' and one 'Bba'.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Dr. Zammit, Valetta Museum, in 1909.
Event Date 1909
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Peet, TE. (1910). 'Contributions to the Study of the Prehistoric Period in Malta'. Papers of the British School at Rome, vol. 5. pp. 149-161
Event Date 1910
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card: 'cf. M.A. Murray, Excavations in Malta [1923], Pl. XIII, 130 etc.'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated by Professor Zammit through the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Event Date 1924
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Description for 11924.1348 [A-C]: '2 pieces labelled 'A'; four pieces labelled 'B'. One piece with no idno marking and the other labelled '1923.1348'. The last piece has been included in the collection as it appears to be part of the group - has probably been wrongly labelled - this IDNO belongs to another object. One fragment unaccounted for.'
Event Date 5/2000
Author: Clare McKenna
Description (Physical description)
Four sherds from several vessels. Black handle sherd decorated with an incised triangle, which is decorated with horizontal lines and small incised triangles along each line. Handle sherd decorated with lime-filled incised chevrons along the flat side; the other is rounded in semicircular shape. Grey ware body sherd decorated with lime-filled incised lozenges, most straight with some wavy lines. Black sherd, possibly part of a base, with biconical exterior and rounded interior, decorated with lime-filled incised lines in chevron pattern.
Event Date 25/3/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:311161
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