Sherds

34-20-496

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 34-20-496
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level XII, Room 1936
Period Early Bronze III
Date Made 2700-2300 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragments of a bowl with outcurving rim. On the exterior at the greatest diameter of the body is a small knob. Grey ware, slip on both surfaces burning red on the interior, reddish brown on the exterior at the rim, and black on the rest of the body. Lustrous burnishing on the exterior. Handmade.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number 33-11-637 - Field No SF

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