Figurine Fragment

29-103-953

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-103-953
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level VI (early), Room 1100
Locus Room 1100
Period Iron Age IA
Date Made 1200-1150 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Hippopotamus
Description

Red Burnished Male Hippo figurine. Heavily reconstructed. Rear part of base and hind legs were missing.

Height 10.2 cm
Length 18.1 cm
Width 8.7 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number 26-9-66 - Field No SF | F6 - Other Number

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