Offering Stand
34-20-641
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 34-20-641 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level XIII, E of room 1846, below Level XII wall |
| Period | Early Bronze II |
| Date Made | 3050-2700 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | High hollow cylindrical base, bowl-like top. On the sides of the stand below the bowl are two small ledge handles. Below and between these are two long narrow apertures. Fragmentary and incomplete. Perhaps used as a lamp or incense burner. Brown ware, brown slip on the interior, red slip on all of the exterior and on the interior of the bowl. Handmade. |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934 |
| Other Number | 33-10-137 - Field No SF |
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