Cylinder Seal

31-50-186

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-50-186
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hellenistic | Roman
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Cross wall of Greco-Roman temple; Level III
Locus cross wall of Graeco-Roman temple
Period Hellenistic Period | Roman Period
Date Made 200 BCE- 400 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Diorite (uncertain) | Bronze
Iconography Man | Branch | Altar?
Description

Diroite (?) with traces of bronze wire through the piercing. The seal bears the figures of two men facing, one holding a branch; between them is a stand or altar (?) Above is a band of chevrons.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1931
Other Number 30-11-43 - Field No SF

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