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34-20-525

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 34-20-525
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level XII, Room 1927
Period Early Bronze III
Date Made 2700-2300 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragment of a bowl with inturned rim. Black ware burning brown; slip on both surfaces burning brown on the interior and red on the exterior. The exterior surface has a reserved band just below the rim which contains a burnished decoration in red slip in a chevron pattern. Both surfaces, with the exception of the reserved band, have lustrous burnishing. Handmade.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number 33-11-911 (8) - Field No SF

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