location: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
registry: G 1952/2.6 | KMA S1446 (drawn: Briese)
findspot: Carthage (precinct of Tinnit and Ba'l)
date: 800-600 BCE
measure: d.157, z.196m
material: terra cotta
type: stepped neck, one-handled
fabric: light red (10R 6/6); pink slip (7.5 YR 8/3
decoration: burnished; red slip on rim (10R 5/6); two dark bands below rim, two at belly (5YR 6/1)
contents: ex-situ, washed; “new-born” infant (Smits); “lamb” (Hakbijl)

provenance: purchase 1952
bibliography: Docter et al. 2002: fig.5; Docter et al. 2015: 53
notes: label inside urn: "April 15. Location 3 16, 15" and on reverse "27"; date confirmed by the Excavation Journal and by its registry card S1446, both of which give the locus as "884" (Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, KMA Carthage Excavation Records)


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