Sherd - 34-21-112 | Collections

Object Number:	34-21-112
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Provenience:	Israel Beth Shean
Archaeology Area:	Level XVII, Room 1889
Period:	Chalcolithic
Date Made:	4300-3300 BCE
Early Date:	-4300
Late Date:	-3300
Section:	Near Eastern
Materials:	Ceramic
Credit Line:	Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number:	33-11-234 - Field No SF

Description

Fragment of a deep bowl with a flaring rim; just below the rim is an undulating band. Dark brown ware with a black slip on both surfaces, bearing lustrous burnishing. 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: Pl.III,no.5

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