Scarab
| Object Number: | 29-104-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Israel Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area: | CN II, 42/x-3; Class B |
| Period: | Middle Bronze Age |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Steatite |
| Technique: | Glazed Incised |
| Height: | 0.9 cm |
| Length: | 1.9 cm |
| Width: | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number: | 1559 - Field No SF |
Description
White steatite; yellow remains of glaze. With incised linear design on base.
Oren: "Scarab" “Description: Steatite covered with yellowish glaze.
Head: Trapezoidal, partly covered by triangular clypeus.
Back: Plain, except for side notches to indicate begging of elytra.
Design: A double twist occupies the center between two vertical lines; the remaining space at the sides is filled with three or four cross-bars and (to the left) a trace of curved lines.”
Bibliography:
| [Book] Oren, Eliezer D. 1973. The Northern Cemetery of Beth Shan.. Leiden. E. J. Brill. pg. xx, 307 p. with illus., 3 fold. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 95, no. 3; Page 203, opposite Figure 34; Figure 51, no. 1 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Keel, Othmar. 2010. Corpus der Stempelsiegel-Amulette aus Palästina/Israel : von den Anfängen bis zur Perserzeit.. Freiburg. Freiburg, Schweiz. Vol. 2. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pages 130, 131/ cat. no.75 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Fitzgerald, Gerald M. Excavations in the Northern Cemetery Area, 1922-1931.. Unpublished manuscript. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pl.28; no.1 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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