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34-20-324

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 34-20-324
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level XI, Room 1803, in grave
Period Early Bronze IV | Middle Bronze I
Date Made 2300-2000 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Concave button base, ovoid body, high loop handle connecting trefoil rim and shoulder; the handle consisting of two large strands with another smaller strand on top of these and extending further down the rim and down the shoulder, (perhaps intended to represent a snake ?). Brown ware with a lighter brown surface.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number 33-9-216 - Field No SF

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