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32-15-173

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 32-15-173
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level XA, Room 1603
Locus Room 1603
Period Middle Bronze IIC
Date Made 1650-1550 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Dark grey ware, brown slip. Purple and faded black painted decoration on the shoulder in suspended triangles separated by groups of vertical straight and wavy lines; above and below this are several horizontal lines. Purple painted decoration on each of the handles in a group of three straight lines connected at one end. Ring base, ovoid body, greatest diameter above the middle. Wide vertical neck, outturned rim. On the shoulder are 2 loop handles. Fragmentary and incomplete. Restored.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1932
Other Number 31-10-267 - Field No SF

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