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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Ledge-Handled Jar

Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia

PeriodIntermediate Early Bronze Age - Middle Bronze Age

Date2300-2000 BCE

MediumClay

Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958

Dimensions14 7/8 x 14 15/16 in. (37.8 x 38 cm)

Object number1958.015

Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho II (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1965), 106, figure 53.9.
Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 42.

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

Status

Not on view

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