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34-20-234

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 34-20-234
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level XI, Rooms 1818-1820, upper walls
Period Early Bronze IV | Middle Bronze I
Date Made 2300-2000 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Neck and shoulder of a small pot with an outcurving rim. On the exterior at the shoulder is a small knob, at one side of which the pot is diagonally fluted. Black ware; slip on both surfaces burning red on the interior, brown on the exterior at the neck and black on the body. Lustrous burnishing on the exterior. Handmade.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number 33-9-356a - Field No SF

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