Sherd
29-103-868
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-103-868 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level VIII, Room 1304 |
| Locus | Room 1304 |
| Period | Late Bronze IIB |
| Date Made | 1300-1200 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Fragment of head of a statue possibly of a god. Top of head is large circular opening, near which are four small holes, perhaps to hold feathers. Incised lines on top of head may represent hair or headdress. Low ridges represent eyesbrows. Apertures were left for the eyes. Brown ware with light brown slip. Traces of purple paint on face. |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 27-11-282 - Field No SF |
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