Dish
29-102-378
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | 29-102-378 |
Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
Archaeology Area | Level V, Room 1041, upper debris |
Period | Iron Age IB | Iron Age IIA |
Date Made | 1150-800 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Slipped |
Description | Samaritan-ware. Grey ware, red slipped, light brown slip. Slight concave disc base, sides expanding sharply to a high vertical rim; bar handle extending nearly half way round and terminating in a knob at each end; in the middle of the handle is a horizontal projection pierced vertically in each end and having three raised bands between the peircings and extending over the edge of the projections. Grey ware; the interior, and the exterior of the rim with the handle, are covered with a red glaze; the lower part of the exterior surface is covered with a light brown slip. Fitzgerald: “Dish with bar handle. Good grey ware, the interior and upper part of the exterior surface covered with coral red wash, the whole surface highly burnished or polished. Room 1041 (upper debris)” |
Height | 4 cm |
Outside Diameter | 21.5 cm |
Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
Other Number | 25-10-240 - Field No SF |
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