Pottery Sherds, Roman C ware, red slip
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 May 1981
label: Collection Date
content: 1970's
name: label: Collector
content: Tell Jemmeh Excavations
label: Collector
content: Dr. Gus W. Van Beek
label: Collector
content: Dr. Jerome Schaefer
label: Donor Name
content: Tell Jemmeh Excavations
label: Site Name
content: Byzantine Jemmeh
notes: label: Notes
content: LATE ROMAN "C" WARE, FORM 1, TYPE A, RED SLIPPED OXIDATION-FIRED POTTERY, RIM SHERDS (6 ON EXHIBIT, 3 WITH STAMPED DECORATION). 5TH-7TH CENTURY AD. REFER: JOHN HEYES: "LATE ROMAN POTTERY".
label: Notes
content: 6 sherds total, 3 with stamped decoration. The 3 stamped ones described in 1978 NMNH slide set caption: "C" Ware frags. - stamped with decorations, Late Roman 300-500 A.D., largest stamped sherd has stamped cross with a pendant Rho, combined with the cross as Chi - the first two Greek letters in Christ.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 10
place: label: Place
content: Negev, Israel, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Late Roman
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 346953
label: USNM Number
content: A508001-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sherd