Censer

29-108-25

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-108-25
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level II, LTN
Period Byzantine
Date Made 300-700 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Bronze
Description

Six-sided censer on three short legs; wide horizontal rim; each of the sides is decorated with two (or more) incised concentric circles; at three points on the rim are attachments for holding the chains. Badly bent and incomplete.

Height 8 cm
Outside Diameter 13.3 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number 553 - Field No SF

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