Rim Fragment
34-20-479
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 34-20-479 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level XII, Room 1948-1949 |
| Period | Early Bronze IV | Middle Bronze I |
| Date Made | 2300-2000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Rim fragment of a vertical sided pot with diagonal fluting on the exterior; to one side of the diagonal fluting is part of a raised circle from which issue a number of short raised lines, a decoration perhaps representing the sun. Black ware burning brown, slip on both surfaces burning red on the interior, red on the exterior at the rim, and black on the rest of the body; both surfaces bear lustrous burnishing. Handmade. |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934 |
| Other Number | 33-11-898 (1) - Field No SF |
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