Accession No
TEMP.03889.1-75
Description
A group of 75 decorated ware sherds. Decoration is in shades of brown and red and painted in various shapes and motifs including dots, stripes, cross hatching, and Bukranium.
Place
Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Arpachiyah
Period
Halaf
Source
British Museum [donor]; Mallowan, Max Edgar Lucien [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.03889.1-75
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Objects are marked with what appears to be Fitzwilliam Museum accession numbers.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Labels & Markings)
Objects are marked with their individual excavation numbers.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1933 by Max Mallowan, sponsored by the British Museum and the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
Event Date 1933
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
Objects stores with their individual Fitzwilliam Catalogue Cards grouped into a booklet.
Event Date 1934
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Mallowan, M.E.L. and Cruikshank Rose, J. (1935). 'Excavations at Tall Arpachiyah, 1933', Iraq, 2. pp. 1-178.
Event Date 1935
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
A label from the original size 1 box in which the sherds were seen reads 'TEL OBEID pottery Barry Kemp? from O.S.'. This is currently stored with the sherds.
Event Date 3/3/2026
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A group of 75 decorated ware sherds. Decoration is in shades of brown and red and painted in various shapes and motifs.
Event Date 3/3/2026
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:328020
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