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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Mortar
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Mortar

Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia
PeriodPre-Pottery Neolithic B
Date8000-7000 BCE
MediumLimestone
Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958
Dimensions2 9/16 x 1 1/4 in. (6.5 x 3.2 cm)
Object number1958.040
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho V: The Pottery Phases of the Tell and Other Finds (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1983), 524.
ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Jericho, Palestine.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art