Accession No

1955.143 B


Description

Sherd of grey fabric with red ochre on the interior surface. The exterior is decorated with incised lines.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Malta; Mgarr; Ta Hagrat


Period

Neolithic


Source

Evans, John Davies (Dr) [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1955.143 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (References)
Evans, J.D. (1954). ‘The Prehistoric Culture-Sequence in the Maltese Archipelago’. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, vol. 19(1). pp. 41-94.
Event Date 1954
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1954 by John Davies Evans.
Event Date 1954
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1955.143 A-C: 'Three sherds of Evans' Style Ia1 (late). A: ?Drab burnished with channeled lines. B: Exterior buff with excised lines, interior coated with red ochre as if the pot had been filled with ochre. C: Grey burnished with white filled incisions'.
Event Date 1955
Author: maa


Context (Display)
See archive (LL1/6/4) for bound, typescript manuscript by J.D. Evans entitled 'Megalithic and Rock-Cut Monuments in Malta' (1955), which previously accompanied a display case in the Museum.
Event Date 1955
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Sherd of grey fabric with red ochre on the interior surface. The exterior is decorated with incised lines.
Event Date 25/3/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:311186

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