Title: Dish-bowl - 2009.03.24
Acquisition number: 2009.03
Author or editor: J.R. Green
Culture or period: Punic.
Date: Late 7th - 6th century BC. Phase I or Phase II.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Vessels - Bowl
Dimensions: 131mm (w) × 42mm (h)
Origin region or location: Malta
Display case or on loan: 2
Keywords: Maltese, Punic
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 40-41 no. 2.
2009.03.24
Dish-bowl
Ht 4.2cm; diam. 13.1cm.
(Parliament of Australia inventory number 01/0069.018)
Intact for a minor break at the lip; the surface is worn. Cream-buff clay with white and dark inclusions. Everted lip, rounded on its outer face; flaring wall, carinated below the lip; offset flat base. There is no evidence of paint.
Sagona places the piece in Late Phase I to II: late 7th to 6th century BC.
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 40-41 no. 2.
Parliament of Australia.
Parliament Dr, Canberra ACT 2600.