Shovel
29-108-28
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-108-28 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | CN IV, Tomb 239, near broken skull in Eventus A; class G |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 100 BCE-600 CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Description | Incense shovel. Rectangular; on 4 short feet. Down the length of the shovel in the middle of its underside is a narrow raised band. Short vertical sides rising to a narrow horizontal rim which bears incised line decoration. At the two closed corners are two ear-like attachments. Long handle, end of which is in the form of an animal's hoof; at its junction with the shovel, the handle divides into five points; between the hoof and these points the handle is semicircular in section and across it are several raised bands. |
| Height | 6 cm |
| Length | 34 cm |
| Width | 13 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 26-10-491 - Field No SF |
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