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29-108-263

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-108-263
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Byzantine
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area CN IV, Tomb 228, eastern burial; Class J
Period Byzantine
Section Near Eastern
Materials Bronze
Description

One end has a bar with knob ends, from the centre of which rises a hemispherical loop at right angles. This loop appears to be gilded or gold plated. The other end end of the loop connects with a sheath, decorated with a number of flat projections on each side, containing the pin. Now in two fragments.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number 26-10-393 - Field No SF

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