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Bowl

Period:: Middle Bronze Age II
Date:: ca. 1780–1580 B.C.
Geography:: Levant, Lachish (modern Tell ed-Duweir)
Culture:: Canaanite
Medium:: Ceramic, paint
Dimensions:: 5.87 x 4.77 in. (14.91 x 12.12 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Harris D. and H. Dunscombe Colt, 1934
Accession Number:: 34.126.12

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Provenance

1932-33, excavated by James Leslie Starkey on behalf of The Wellcome-Marston Archaeological Research Expedition to the Near East; 1933, ceded to H. Dunscombe Colt in the division of finds as a result of his financial contribution to the expedition; acquired by the Museum in 1934, gift of Harris D. and H. Dunscombe Colt
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Who
Canaanite (20)
What
Ceramics (29,320)

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Where
Asia (68,073)

Levant (306)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
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The Eastern Mediterranean, 2000–1000 B.C.

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