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Button

Object Number:32-15-207
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Israel
Beth Shean
Archaeology Area: Level XA, Room 1639
Locus: Room 1639
Period: Middle Bronze IIC
Date Made: 1650-1550 BCE
Early Date: -1650
Late Date: -1550
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Ceramic
Length: 6.8 cm
Width: 4.4 cm
Credit Line:Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1932
Other Number:31-11-154 - Field No SF

Description

Drab ware with a buff slip on one surface bearing traces of red wash in a criss-cross pattern. Cut from a sherd; rectangular shape, pierced through the centre; the button is grooved around its middle; near one of the ends is an incomplete boring.

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