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Bowl

Period:: Iron Age II
Date:: ca. late 8th–7th century B.C.
Geography:: Levant, Lachish (modern Tell ed-Duweir)
Culture:: Israelite
Medium:: Ceramic
Dimensions:: 2 in. (5.08 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Harris D. and H. Dunscombe Colt, 1934
Accession Number:: 34.126.56

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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
See also
What
Ceramics (29,320)

Vessels (21,921)

Bowls (5,014)
Where
Asia (68,073)

Levant (306)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,149)
In the Museum
Ancient Near Eastern Art (6,170)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Eastern Mediterranean, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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