Handle Fragment
34-21-359
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 34-21-359 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Pit W. of 1899 |
| Period | Neolithic | Chalcolithic |
| Date Made | 4500-4000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Cylindrical post (mostly missing) with a concave top from which extend two arms, one at an obtuse angle (broken off), and the other rising (now missing) nearly vertically(?). This second projection may be a knob or rounded and rather than an arm. The upper surface of the obtuse angle arm is decorated with dark brown paint in a chevron pattern. Grey ware with a light brown slip; red wash on the post. |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934 |
| Other Number | 33-11-71 - Field No SF |
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