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Sherd

Object Number:34-21-118
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Israel
Beth Shean
Archaeology Area: Rm. 496 (1933), Stratum VI
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:33-10-1043a - Field No SF

Description

Flat base fragment. Encircling the sides just above the base is a molded band decorated with finger impressions. Coarse black ware burning brown, light brown slip on the exterior. 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 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Fig. 3.6:8View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[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 III, no. 9View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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