Sherd
34-20-539
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 34-20-539 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level XII (but this room continued in use through Levels XI, X B, and X A), Room 1902 |
| Period | Early Bronze III |
| Date Made | 2700-2300 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Fragment of a pot with a sloping shoulder and short neck; a loop handle connects the rim and shoulder. Brown ware with a light brown slip on both surfaces; purple painted decoration on the rim, purple and black painted decoration on the shoulder in a pattern of suspended triangles and groups of vertical wavy lines between straight lines; this decoration is enclosed by horizontal lines which encircle the vessel. |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934 |
| Other Number | 33-11-465 - Field No SF |
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