ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Beads
AAT Object Form/Functionshell beads
Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia
PeriodEarly Bronze Age
Date3300-3050 BCE
MediumShell
Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958
Object number1955.093
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001Michael 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 viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art