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MM 2025:050 :: bowl

Object description: Hand-made hemispherical deep bowl that is not symmetrical (round). Uneven, thin rim and fabric. Round base. The texture and colour of the vessel vary from orange to yellow-light brown. Uneven firing in a low temperature. Small chips missing from the rim. See Amiran 1969, p. 51, Pl. 11, No. 2 (Ai); p. 53, Pl. 12, No. 4 (Jericho); p. 56, Pl. 13, No. 6 (Jericho). See, also Sussman 2016, p. 11, Figure 2.3, Hemispherical bowl.

Data elements

Inventory number

MM 2025:050

Object

bowl

Country - Origin

Israel : Asia; Palestine : Asia

Country, Swedish - Origin

Palestina (stat); Israel

Material

ceramic

Acquisition

The objects were collected in Jerusalem between 1911 and 1922 for Pastor Sven Linder of Uppsala, one of the leading figures in the Swedish Jerusalem Society. The aim was to study the land of the Bible, establish a biblical museum in Sweden, and use the objects as teaching materials. The collection was shipped to Sweden in early 1922. The objects are believed to originate from the territory of present-day Israel, which was then under British Mandate administration. They were primarily acquired or collected by John D. Whiting, a representative of the American Colony in Jerusalem, or purchased through the American Colony Store near the Jaffa Gate. The store sold antiquities in cooperation with Whiting’s brother-in-law, Frederick Vester. Professor John Garstang, who became Director of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem in 1919, is also reported to have donated pottery and oil lamps to Linder. Garstang simultaneously served as the first Director of the Department of Antiquities of the British Mandate administration in Palestine from 1920 to 1926 and was therefore responsible for granting export permits. Gustav Dalman, a representative of the German Protestant Institute in Jerusalem, was another important local coordinator involved in assembling objects for the collection.

Acquisition, Swedish

Hela samlingen från Sigtunastiftelsen (MM 2025:002-134) samlades in före 1922 i Jerusalem. Föremålen är insamlade av Sven Linder (Uppsala) och Gustaf Dalman.

Description

Hand-made hemispherical deep bowl that is not symmetrical (round). Uneven, thin rim and fabric. Round base. The texture and colour of the vessel vary from orange to yellow-light brown. Uneven firing in a low temperature. Small chips missing from the rim. See Amiran 1969, p. 51, Pl. 11, No. 2 (Ai); p. 53, Pl. 12, No. 4 (Jericho); p. 56, Pl. 13, No. 6 (Jericho). See, also Sussman 2016, p. 11, Figure 2.3, Hemispherical bowl.

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