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34-20-208

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 34-20-208
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level XI, Room 1802
Period Early Bronze IV | Middle Bronze I
Date Made 2300-2000 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragment of a pot. On the shoulder is a small lug, on either side of which the body of the vessel is diagonally fluted. Black ware with a slip on both surfaces, burning brown on the interior, light brown on the exterior of the neck and black on the exterior of the body. The exterior surface bears lustrious burnishing. Handmade?

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number 33-9-502 - Field No SF

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