location: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
registry: G 1952/2.2 (drawn: Briese)
findspot: Carthage (precinct of Tinnit and Ba'l)
date: 600-400 BCE (¹⁴C: 2430±50 BP)
measure: d.160, z.217m
material: terra cotta
type: stepped-neck, two handled
fabric: light red (10R R 6/8); pink slip (7.5 YR 8/4)
decoration: burnished; two dark narrow bands below rim, three below handle (10R 5/1)
contents: ex-situ, washed; “new-born” infant (Smits)

provenance: purchase 1952
bibliography: Docter et al. 2002: fig.4

G1952/2.2 XRF

preliminary analysis of XRF spectra suggests relatively homogeneous composition, consistent with materials local to Carthage