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1921.37.51

Pottery rim sherd, with incised diamond decoration and dashes on the inner rim, and stripes of dashes and undecorated pot on the external side. All filled with white. [VS [OPS move] 24/7/2018]


1921.37.51

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pottery rim sherd, with incised diamond decoration and dashes on the inner rim, and stripes of dashes and undecorated pot on the external side. All filled with white. [VS [OPS move] 24/7/2018]
Geographical reference
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected
By 1921
Acquisition information
Donated: 1921
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 80 mm, Width: max 80 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.37.51
Research and responses

These objects were probably collected during an expedition to Malta undertaken in December 1920 and January 1921 in order to study the ethnology of Malta and Gozo. See Buxton, L.D. 1921. The ethnology of Malta and Gozo. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 52, 164–211. [AS 05/03/2010]

Search terms: Pottery, Sherd