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Sarcophagus Fragment

Object Number:29-103-766
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Israel
Beth Shean
Archaeology Area: Tomb 219, debris to SW
Locus: Debris S. W. of Tomb 219
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Terracotta
Iconography:Human Face
Credit Line:Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number:26-10-412 (4) - Field No SF
26-10-408 - Field No SF

Description

Anthropoid sarcophagus fragment. Fragment of face from a lid.

Oren: “Coffin. Clay, fragment with face.” "Gritty dark gray clay, black core; broken."

Bibliography:

[Book] Oren, Eliezer D. 1973. The Northern Cemetery of Beth Shan.. Leiden. E. J. Brill. pg. xx, 307 p. with illus., 3 fold. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 237, opposite Figure 48a; Figure 57a, no. 2; Figure 84, no. 12View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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