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Jar

Object Number:31-50-90
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Israel
Beth Shean
Archaeology Area: CN 262, Class A
Locus: C.N. 262
Period: Early Bronze Age
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Ceramic
Credit Line:Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1931
Other Number:30-10-71 - Field No SF

Description

Gritty light brown ware, trace of dark brown wash on exterior and on the interior of neck. Handmade. Concave base, barrel-shaped body, wide neck with outturned rim. At greatest diameter of the body are two ledge handles, each with three flaps turned back on the upper surface.

Oren: "Jar. Gritty light brown ware, gray wash; plastic band."

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: Figure 23, no. 1View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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