Sherd
34-21-99
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 34-21-99 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level XVII, Room 1895 |
| Period | Neolithic | Chalcolithic |
| Date Made | 8500-3300 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Slipped | Incised |
| Description | Fragment of a jar with sides contracting to an outturned rim. The base of the neck is decorated with a band of diagonal incisions in a cord pattern. Gritty light brown ware, buff slip on both surfaces; the exterior is covered with red wash. Handmade. |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934 |
| Other Number | 33-11-315b - Field No SF |
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