Scarab

31-50-181

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-50-181
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area CN 241; Class D
Locus C.N. 241
Period Early Iron Age
Section Near Eastern
Materials Faience (uncertain)
Description

Faience? with brown remains of glaze.

Oren: “Scarab.” “Description: Faience with brown glaze. Prothorax and wing-cases indicated; head and clypeus int eh shape of a flower, legs cut open wide and ack ascending.

Design: A winged snake in the position of protecting a four-footed animal.”

Height 0.7 cm
Length 1.7 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1931
Other Number 30-9-44 - Field No SF

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