< The Neolithic in the Nile Delta

Merimde Object: MM12815

Category: Pottery
Period: Neolithic
Collection: Medelhavsmuseet
Date of Collection: Junker 1931

Locational Information

    General Findspot: Merimde Beni Salama
    Trench and Grid Number: T5
    Location Deatils Not in Grid: N/A
    X, Y, Z Coords: Junker 1931
    GPS Data: 05.11.2014

Research Information

    Object No.: MM12815
    Museum Tray: Kolli 75
    Date of Collection: Junker 1931
    Date of Inspection: 05.11.2014
    Context Number: N/A

Chronological Information

    Period: Neolithic

Measurements

    Size Length in mm: N/A
    Size Width in mm: N/A
    Size Thickness in mm: 5
    Size Height in mm: 72
    Base diameter (in mm): 72
    Pottery Vessel Wholeness: Whole vessel
    Completeness (in %): An ovoid jar
    Rim diameter (in mm): 100 %
    Percentage Base: 100 %
    Percentage Rim: Sloping Inward

Typology

    Type or Vessel: Medium Nile silt
    Form of Vessel: Closed, vessel

Material

    Fabric: Medium Nile silt
    Porosity: Elongated pores
    Inclusions: Small amount of Organics (> 5 mm)
    Surface treatment (ext): Slipped and burnished rim area, bottom part hand smoothed
    Surface treatment (int): N/A
    Firing: N/A
    Surface Colour (ext): 7.5YR 4/1
    Surface Colour (int): N/A
    Core (Munsell) (ext to int): None

Technology

    Mode of Manufacture: Hand made, pinching and hollowing
    Decoration: None
    Applied Parts: None
    Rim shape: Thinned
    Rim Stance: Sloping Inward
    Rim Edge: Rounded
    Type of Base: Flat
    Repair Holes: None

DOI

10.17171/1-9-1488

Citation

Dr. Joanne Rowland, Dr. Geoffrey Tassie, The Neolithic in the Nile Delta, MM12815, 2017, Edition Topoi, DOI: 10.17171/1-9-1488

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DOI: 10.17171/1-9-1488
Title: MM12815
Creator: Dr. Joanne Rowland, Dr. Geoffrey Tassie
Publisher: Edition Topoi
Publication Year: 2017
Collection: The Neolithic in the Nile Delta
Resource Type: Dataset
Date (Update): 20.03.2017
Origin / Holder object: Medelhavsmuseet
Holder digital source: Exzellenzcluster 264 – Topoi
Rights: CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE
Subjects: Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Version: 1.0