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Sherd

Storage Jar

Object Number:34-21-88
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Israel
Beth Shean
Archaeology Area: Level XVII, Below Room 1883
Period: Early Bronze I
Date Made: 3300-3050 BCE
Early Date: -3300
Late Date: -3050
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Ceramic
Technique:Slipped
Credit Line:Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number:33-10-841 - Field No SF

Description

Fragment of a jar with a vertical neck and a vertical spout extending from the shoulder to the rim. Gritty grey ware, light brown slip on both surfaces. 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 I, no. 8View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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