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34-20-495

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 34-20-495
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level XII, Room 1950
Period Early Bronze III
Date Made 2700-2300 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragment of a bowl with outcurving rim. At the greatest diameter of the body is a knob. Black ware burning brown, slip on both surfaces burning red on the interior, light brown on the exterior at the rim, and black on the rest of the body. Lustrous burnishing on the exterior and on the interior in a band just below the rim. Handmade.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number 33-11-776 - Field No SF

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