Jericho
Objects from Jericho appear to come from three tombs. All but one were assigned UM numbers in the Account Books, and a number were included in Jamieson 1988.
Some of the objects were published by K Kenyon. Excavations at Jericho I: The tombs excavated in 1952-4. British School of Archaeology at Jerusalem (1960).
Undated and unsigned exhibition notes found in the files about Tomb A94 at Jericho: "The Jericho tomb can be considered fairly typical of the Proto-Urban period: a circular rock-cut cave entered down a vertical shaft. The tomb was found to contain over a hundred disarticulated skeletons; skulls had been arranged around the walls of the tomb, while long bones had been piled up in the centre and cremated. With the bones were found many kinds of ceramic vessels, including shallow bowls, small juglets with vertical handles, large jars with ledge- or loop-handles (the latter a survival from the Ghassulian, the former an innovation that was to become a hallmark of the Early Bronze Age), and jars with lugs and side-spouts. All the vessels are handmade and plain. Kenyon chose Tomb A94 as most typical of her Proto-Urban A culture, which may have emerged sometime around 3300 BC in the south of the country."
Jamieson (page 2) reports that a carbon 14 date for cremation remains from Tomb A94 dates it to circa 3200 BC.
Accession |
Type |
Other no. |
Previous no. |
Tertiary inscription |
1960.0021 |
Cooking pot |
Tomb A94 |
UM0802 |
J Tomb M4 4 (circled).802 |
1960.2260 |
Bowl |
Tomb A94 |
UM0402 |
J Tomb A94 53 (circled) |
1960.2261 |
Bowl (shallow) |
Tomb A94 |
UM0404 |
J Tomb A94 229 (circled). UM 404 |
1960.0018 |
Juglet |
Tomb A94 |
UM0403 |
J Tomb A94 156 (circled); 167 IA10.2007A |
1960.0017 |
Juglet |
Tomb A94 |
UM0401 |
J Tomb A94 42 (circled). UM 401 |
1960.0019 |
Bowl |
Tomb A94 |
|
J TOMB A94 1262; IA10.20.162? |
1960.0020 |
Bowl |
Tomb A94 |
UM0405 |
J TOMB A94 263405 |
1960.0030 |
Bowl |
Tomb A136 |
UM1001 |
J Tomb A136 12 (circled). 1001 |
1960.0032 |
Lamp |
Tomb A136 |
UM1002 |
J Tomb A136 30 (circled). 1002 |
1960.0031 |
Juglet |
Tomb A136 |
UM1003 |
J Tomb A136 37 (circled). 1003 |
1960.0029 |
Goblet |
Tomb A136 |
UM1004 |
J Tomb A136 48 (circled). 1004 |
1960.0036 |
Juglet |
Tomb A136 |
UM1005 |
J Tomb A136 57. UM 1005 |
1960.0035 |
Bowl |
Tomb D12 |
UM0601 |
J Tomb D12 7 (circled). MU 601 |
1960.0037 |
Juglet |
Tomb D12 |
UM0602 |
J Tomb D12 93 (circled). MU 602 |
1960.0034 |
Juglet |
Tomb D12 |
UM0603 |
J Tomb D12 110 (circled). MU 603 |
1960.2262 |
Jug |
Tomb D12 |
UM0604 |
J Tomb D12 243 (circled). UM 604 |
1960.0033 |
Juglet |
Tomb D12 |
UM0605 |
J Tomb D12 286. UM 605 |