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briquetage
Object Type
briquetage
Museum number
1868,1228.244
Description
Two fired clay briquetage fragments. Long spool shape and cylindrical body with indentation in surviving end. Surface is grey-brown and brick red-grey, polished. Organic temper.
Cultures/periods
Neolithic
(?)
Bronze Age
(?)
Iron Age
(?)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Burg Giebichenstein
Materials
fired clay
Technique
organic-tempered
Dimensions
Diameter:
32 millimetres
(body)
Length:
71 millimetres
(no.1)
Length:
74 millimetres
(no.2)
Curator's comments
Orlinska 2001 Findspot: Halle (Saale) – Giebichenstein; "near Giebichenstein near Halle"; Sachsen-Anhalt. Salt Mining and Salt Making Centre (see Riehm 1954, 113, fig. 1). References: GA no. 1196 ('Clay cylinder candle-holder [...]' ‘Giebichenstein b. Halle’). 'found between two urns'
Bibliographic references
Orlinska 2001 / Catalogue of the 'Germanic' Antiquities from the Klemm Collection in the British Museum
(p.96)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Johannes Gustav Klemm
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Dr Gustav Friedrich Klemm
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1868,1228.244
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
Klemm.5191