Cult Object
Offering Stand
| Object Number: | 29-103-807 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Israel Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area: | Level V, Room 1021 A, floor level, S. Temple |
| Locus: | Room 1021 A, floor level, S. Temple on Level V |
| Period: | Iron Age IB Iron Age IIA |
| Date Made: | 1150-925 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1150 |
| Late Date: | -925 |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Iconography: | House |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number: | 25-9-636 - Field No SF |
Description
Oblong in plan, in 2 stages, coming to arounded top ornamented with 3 birds. On upper stage each long side is open with full length nude figure looking outwards. One of the figures is shown holding a bird (dove?) under each arm; the arms and legs of the other figure are missing. Each short side (one broken away) had a window. Lower stage has 1 window on each short side, and 2 windows on each long side with a snake winding up on each of the long sides between the windows. Black ware burning brown, fragmentary and incomplete.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Pioneering American Archaeology in Israel (Beth Shan) (18 Nov 1995 - 02 Mar 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Canaan and Ancient Israel (18 Oct 1998 - 02 Aug 2021) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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