Author: Elyse Richardson

Categories
Early Bronze Age I

Beads

beads
  • Object Title: Beads
  • Object Name: Beads
  • Object Number: 955.165.60
  • Description: Beads of Carnelian, Shell, Stone, and various other materials. Some found in string position.
  • Dimensions: 56 cm
  • Material: Carnelian, shell and stone
  • Geography: Excavated at Jericho, Palestine
  • Period: Early Bronze Age I
  • Date: c. 3200-2900 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: J Tomb A94
  • Excavation Number:
  • Cross References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen Mary. Digging up Jericho. London: Ernest Benn, 1957: Description of tomb: pp. 96-99; Objects in situ: Plate 34A.
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: pp. 16-40 (Tomb A94).
  • Published References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: p. 40.
Categories
Early Bronze Age I

Spouted Jar

  • Object Title: Spouted Jar
  • Object Name: Jar
  • Object Number: 955.165.57
  • Description: Spouted Jar. Fragmentary. Dark gray ware, burnished.
  • Dimensions: 17.1 x 17.8 cm
  • Material: Ceramic (earthenware)
  • Geography: Excavated at Jericho, Palestine
  • Period: Early Bronze Age I
  • Date: c. 3200-2900 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: J Tomb A94
  • Excavation Number: 246
  • Cross References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen Mary. Digging up Jericho. London: Ernest Benn, 1957: Description of tomb: pp. 96-99; Objects in situ: Plate 34A.
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: pp. 16-40 (Tomb A94).
  • Published References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: Figures 3, 14, not drawn.
    • Tushingham, A. D. “Recent Palestinian Accessions.” Royal Ontario Museum Bulletin of the Division of Art & Archaeology 26 (Dec. 1957) Plates 9a. [image]
Categories
Early Bronze Age I

Juglet

  • Object Title: Juglet
  • Object Name: Juglet
  • Object Number: 955.165.51
  • Description: Yellowish-orange ware. Decoration in thick uneven vertical bands, which have fired red to black. A strip of clay over the top of the handle suggests derivation from a thong attachment of a possible leather prototype.
  • Dimensions: 7.9 × 8.4 × 6.5 cm
  • Material: Ceramic (earthenware)
  • Geography: Excavated at Jericho, Palestine
  • Period: Early Bronze Age I
  • Date: c. 3200-2900 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: J Tomb A94
  • Excavation Number: 76
  • Cross References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen Mary. Digging up Jericho. London: Ernest Benn, 1957: Description of tomb: pp. 96-99; Objects in situ: Plate 34A.
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: pp. 16-40 (Tomb A94).
  • Published References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: pp. 33-34, Figure 12:7
    • Tushingham, A. D. “Recent Palestinian Accessions.” Royal Ontario Museum Bulletin of the Division of Art & Archaeology 26 (Dec. 1957) Plates 9a.
Categories
Early Bronze Age I

Bowl

  • Object Title: Bowl
  • Object Name: Bowl
  • Object Number: 955.165.50
  • Description: Drab ware, firing pinkish inside and in one patch outside. Single handle of applied strip, curved to leave two holes. Decoration in interior of bowl in reddish-brown.
  • Dimensions: 5.5 x 15.7 cm
  • Material: Ceramic (earthenware)
  • Geography: Excavated at Jericho, Palestine
  • Period: Early Bronze Age I
  • Date: c. 3200-2900 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: J Tomb A94
  • Excavation Number: 41
  • Cross References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen Mary. Digging up Jericho. London: Ernest Benn, 1957: Description of tomb: pp. 96-99; Objects in situ: Plate 34A.
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: pp. 16-40 (Tomb A94).
  • Published References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: pp. 20, 31-32, Figures 5:Layer 3, 11:15
    • Tushingham, A. D. “Recent Palestinian Accessions.” Royal Ontario Museum Bulletin of the Division of Art & Archaeology 26 (Dec. 1957) Plates 9a.
Categories
Early Bronze Age I

Juglet

  • Object Title: Juglet
  • Object Name: Juglet
  • Object Number: 955.165.46
  • Description: Pink ware with many coarse, white grits, with traces of red paint, handle is modern restoration; Traces of blackening on rim and body opposite handle. Hand-made. Unpublished.
  • Dimensions: 13 × 11.1 × 8.5 cm
  • Material: Ceramic (earthenware)
  • Geography: Excavated at Jericho, Palestine
  • Period: Early Bronze Age I
  • Date: c. 3200-2900 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: J Tomb A94
  • Excavation Number: 8
  • Cross References:
    • Tushingham, A. Douglas. "Excavations at Old Testament Jericho." The Biblical Archaeologist 16, no. 3 (1953) 46-67: Fig. 4.
    • Kenyon, Kathleen Mary. Digging up Jericho. London: Ernest Benn, 1957: Description of tomb: pp. 96-99; Objects in situ: Plate 34A.
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: pp. 16-40 (Tomb A94).
  • Published References:
Categories
Pre-Pottery Neolithic

Polishing Stone

Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, © ROM
  • Object Title: Polishing Stone
  • Object Name: Stone
  • Object Number: 955.165.80
  • Description: Small sub-rectangular polishing stone, oval in shape, pale brown in colour, made from hard limestone. This rubbing stone has smooth and shiny surfaces. The tool can be fit between the fingers. It might be used to polish or to rub small surface, floor, or small artifacts. The surfaces are flat in the center and convex on the sides area, shiny and smooth. Evidence of used are clear on the flat and convex areas and the edges.
  • Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.2 x 1.9 cm
  • Material: Hard limestone
  • Geography: Excavated at Tell al-Sultan (Jericho), Palestine
  • Period: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Period
  • Date: c. 7600-6000 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: JPF8.10
  • Excavation Number: 417
  • Cross References:
  • Published References:
Categories
Pre-Pottery Neolithic

Point or Blade

  • Object Title: Point or Blade
  • Object Name: Blade
  • Object Number: 955.165.72.E
  • Description:
  • Dimensions: 7 × 1.8 × 0.3 cm
  • Material: Chert
  • Geography: Excavated at Jericho, Palestine
  • Period: Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period
  • Date: c. 8500-5500 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context:
  • Excavation Number:
  • Cross References:
  • Published References:
Categories
Pre-Pottery Neolithic

Thumb Pressed Brick

Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, © ROM
  • Object Title: Thumb Pressed Brick
  • Object Name: Mud-Brick
  • Object Number: 955.165.78
  • Description: Mud-Brick, buff clay, with three pairs of thumb impressions on upper side. Part of large brick.
  • Dimensions: 9.8 x 17.8 x 11.4 cm
  • Material: Unbaked Clay
  • Geography: Excavated at Tell al-Sultan (Jericho), Palestine
  • Period: Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period
  • Date: c. 8500-5500 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: JPE3.10
  • Excavation Number: 350
  • Cross References:
    • Tushingham, A. Douglas. "Excavations at Old Testament Jericho." The Biblical Archaeologist 16, no .3 (1953) pp. 51-52.
  • Published References:
Categories
Pre-Pottery Neolithic

Plastered Human Skull

Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, © ROM

 

  • Object Title: Plastered Human Skull
  • Object Name: Skull
  • Object Number: 955.165.1
  • Description: Human skull, plaster filled and painted
  • Dimensions: 13.3 x 18.5 x 13.5 cm
  • Material: Human skull, plaster filled and painted
  • Geography: Excavated at Tell al-Sultan (Jericho), Palestine
  • Period: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Period
  • Date: c. 8000 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: Square DI
  • Excavation Number: 533
  • Cross References:
    Kenyon, Kathleen. Digging up Jericho. London: Ernest Benn, 1957: 60f.
  • Published References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume Three. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1981: pp 77, 437, Plates 50b, 55.
    • Bonogofsky, Michelle. "Complexity in context: Plain, painted and modeled skulls from the Neolithic Middle East." In Skull Collection, Modification and Decoration. Edited by M. Bonogofsky. BAR International Series 1539. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2006: 15-28.
    • Bonogofsky, Michelle. "Reassessing “dental evulsion” in Neolithic plastered skulls from the Levant through the use of computed tomography, direct observation, and photographs." Journal of Archaeological Science 29, no. 9 (2002): 959-964.
    • Tushingham, A. D. “Recent Palestinian Accessions.” Royal Ontario Museum Bulletin of the Division of Art & Archaeology 26 (Dec. 1957): Plate 8b. [image]
    • Queen’s Journal 82, no. 11 (Oct. 29, 1954) p. 1 [image]