Sherds
34-20-523
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 34-20-523 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level XII, Room 1940 |
| Period | Early Bronze III |
| Date Made | 2700-2300 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Fragment of a bowl with inturned rim and a long bar handle on the exterior near the rim having 2 vertical piercings. Grey ware burning brown, brown slip on the interior having lustrous burnishing. Red slip on the exterior also with lustrous burnishing in the following pattern; at the rim is a horizontal band below which is a series of triangles encircling the vessel, while under these is a second series of triangles with 2 chevrons in each of the open spaces between them. Handmade. |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934 |
| Other Number | 33-11-909c - Field No SF |
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