Double Bottle

34-20-638

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 34-20-638
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level XIII, Room 1825, below floor
Period Early Bronze II
Date Made 3050-2700 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Each has a flat base, nearly spherical body and a wide neck expanding to the rim (neck and rim of one missing). On the shoulder of each bottle is a pierced lug handle. The bottles are connected at the point of greatest diameter. Brown ware, with reddish brown surfaces, the exterior is covered with a burnished red slip(?) Handmade.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number 33-10-78 - Field No SF

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