Box Lid
29-103-795B
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-103-795B |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level VII, Room 1070, Amenophis III Temple; Level VI, Room 1061 |
| Locus | Room 1070, Amenophis III Tem. Level VII | Room 1061, Level VI (early) |
| Period | Late Bronze IIB |
| Date Made | 1300-1200 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Lid with loop handle on top; 2 pierced lugs (one missing) corresponding in position to the lugs on the box. Gritty brown ware, purple decoration with in one corner double axe, rest of lid lines forming in some places crisscross pattern; short strokes across width of handle. Incomplete and restored. Handmade. |
| Height | 14.2 cm |
| Length | 21.7 cm |
| Width | 12.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 25-11-538, 25-11-12 - Field No SF |
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