Beads

AAT Object Form/FunctionBeads (pierced objects)

Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia

PeriodEarly Bronze Age

Date3300-3050 BCE

MediumStone, carnelian, shell, unknown

Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958

Object number1955.096

Exhibition HistoryMichael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho II (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1965), 31.

ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Tomb K1, Jericho, Palestine.

Status

On view

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