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32-15-398

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 32-15-398
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area W. of Room 1612; Level XA or XB
Locus W. of Room 1612
Period Middle Bronze IIB | Middle Bronze IIC
Date Made 1800-1550 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Steatite (uncertain)
Iconography Gazelle? | Branch?
Description

White steatite (?); no glaze. The base bears the figure of a gazelle (?) above this is a branch (?).

Height 0.6 cm
Length 1.6 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1932
Other Number 31-10-261 - Field No SF

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