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34-20-482

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 34-20-482
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level XII
Period Early Bronze III
Date Made 2700-2300 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Rim fragment of a vertical sided pot with curved diagonal fluting on one side of the pot; between the diagonally fluted bands is a raised circle from which issue curved raised lines, the decoration perhaps representing the sun. Black ware burning brown, slip on both surfaces burning red on the interior, reddish brown on the exterior at the rim, and black on the rest of the body. Both surfaces near lustrous burnishing. Handmade.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number 33-11-742 - Field No SF

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