Vessel Handle
| Object Number: | 34-21-38 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Israel Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area: | Level XVI, Below Room 1887 |
| 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: | 33-10-1009 - Field No SF |
Description
Ledge handle with its edge indented by finger impressions; the handle is pierced vertically through its middle. Brown ware, buff 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 II, no. 4 | View 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: 3.12/3 | View Objects related to this |
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