unprovenanced
unprovenanced adjective: lacking provenance; unknown source.
Adjective
unprovenanced (comparative more unprovenanced, superlative most unprovenanced)
- Lacking provenance; unknown source.
- Near-synonym: unprovenienced
- There are many problems associated with artifacts and objects that lack a secure archaeological context. As Biblical Archaeology Review readers know, we typically describe such objects as “unprovenanced” (or, more accurately, unprovenienced). Since they were not found through controlled scientific...2021 November 19, Glenn J. Corbett, “The Problem with Unprovenanced Objects”, in Bible History Daily, Biblical Archaeology Society
- Synonyms:
- unprovenienced
Examples of unprovenanced in a sentence
- As Biblical Archaeology Review readers know, we typically describe such objects as “unprovenanced” (or, more accurately, unprovenienced).2021 November 19, Glenn J. Corbett, “The Problem with Unprovenanced Objects”, in Bible History Daily, Biblical Archaeology Society:
- “Unprovenienced” is to be differentiated from “unprovenanced,” which refers to artifacts whose ownership history is unknown.2024 April 3, Christopher J. Foster, Glenda Chao, and Mercedes Valmisa, “The Methods and Ethics of Researching Unprovenienced Artifacts...
Synonyms of unprovenanced
Forms of unprovenanced
| comparative | more unprovenanced |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unprovenanced |
Origin of unprovenanced
From un- + provenanced.
Questions about unprovenanced
- What does unprovenanced mean?
- Unprovenanced means lacking provenance; unknown source.
- How do you use unprovenanced in a sentence?
- As Biblical Archaeology Review readers know, we typically describe such objects as “unprovenanced” (or, more accurately, unprovenienced).
- What part of speech is unprovenanced?
- Unprovenanced is an adjective.
Words near unprovenanced in the dictionary
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