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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Beads

Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia

PeriodIntermediate Early Bronze Age - Middle Bronze Age

Date2300-2000 BCE

MediumCarnelian, clay, siltstone, turquoise

Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958

Dimensions3/8" (1 cm)

Object number1958.011

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - 2004
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho II (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1965), 107, figure 51.2.

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

Status

Not on view

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