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Scarab

Object Number:29-104-70
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Israel
Beth Shean
Archaeology Area: Room 1373; Level VII
Period: Late Bronze IIB
Date Made: 1300-1200 BCE
Early Date: -1300
Late Date: -1200
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Faience
Credit Line:Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number:28-10-426 - Field No SF

Description

Faience with green glaze; pierced. Amen-sankh: "Amen causes to live" or "Amen nourishes".

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Canaan and Ancient Israel (18 Oct 1998 - 02 Aug 2021) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Keel, Othmar. 2010. Corpus der Stempelsiegel-Amulette aus Palästina/Israel : von den Anfängen bis zur Perserzeit.. Freiburg. Freiburg, Schweiz. Vol. 2. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pages 162, 163/ cat. no. 144View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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