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Rim Fragment

Object Number:34-21-5
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Israel
Beth Shean
Archaeology Area: Level XVI, Below Room 1879
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:33-10-826a - Field No SF

Description

Rim fragment of a hole-mouth jar. A band of horizontally incised lines encircles the vessel below the rim. Black ware, light brown slip on both surfaces; the exterior is covered with streaky reddish brown wash. Handmade.

Bibliography:

[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: 3.11/7View Objects related to this reference

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