Handle (uncertain)
29-108-108
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-108-108 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level II, LTN, Trench 3, Rooms E. of Gatehouse IV, N. room |
| Period | Byzantine |
| Date Made | 300-700 CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Cross |
| Description | Possibly a fragment from a polycandela; in the form of a cross each end of which terminates in two knobs. On the middle is a loop attachment for holding a ring (now missing). The cross is pierced at the top and bottom and in each of the piercings a fragment of an iron nail remains. |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 230 - Field No SF |
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