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Sherd

Object Number:34-21-36
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Israel
Beth Shean
Archaeology Area: Level XVI, Room 1883
Period: Early Bronze I
Date Made: 3300-3050 BCE
Early Date: -3300
Late Date: -3050
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Ceramic
Credit Line:Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number:33-10-911 - Field No SF

Description

Having a high, nearly conical knob on the exterior. On the upper surface of the knob are two incised lines converging at the end of the knob. Grey ware, brown slip on both surfaces; the exterior is covered with red wash. Handmade.

Bibliography:

[Article] Fitzgerald, Gerald M. 1935. "The Earliest Pottery of Beth-Shan". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 24. no. 1. pg. 5-32 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: plate II, number 1View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Braun, Eliot L. 2004. Early Beth Shan (strata XIX-XIII): G.M. Fitzgerald's Deep Cut on the Tell.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. 194 : Page/Fig./Plate: 3.10/5View Objects related to this

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