Door Handle
Knocker
29-108-106
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-108-106 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level I or II, LTW, Room 171 |
| Period | Byzantine | Early Arabic |
| Date Made | 400–600 CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Cross |
| Description | In the form of a cross each end of which terminates in two knobs. In the middle of the cross is a loop attachment holding a ring. The cross is pierced at the top and bottom and in each piercing a fragment of an iron nail remains. |
| Height | 14.2 cm |
| Width | 10.9 cm |
| Depth | 3.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 2040 - Field No SF |
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