Handle
29-108-444
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-108-444 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level III or IV, PBL, NW area |
| Period | Iron Age IIB | Hellenistic | Roman |
| Date Made | 925 BCE-400 CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Description | Attachable loop handle of a vessel. Double-strand, connecting the shoulder and rim. At the rim end is a curved strip which fitted outside the rim of the vessel; this strip is pierced in two places, an iron pin remaining in each piercing. On the shoulder each strand curves at right angles and ends in a triangular-shaped point (one missing). Surmounting the top of the handle is a ring. |
| Height | 5.5 cm |
| Width | 5.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 3114 - Field No SF |
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