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Objekt:

 Skarabäus (§ 36-131), Enstatit (§ 386-390), 16 x 11 x 6,5 mm.

Datierung:

 Frühe MB IIB (1700-1640).

Herkunft:

 Tell Bet Mirsim, Tomb 2, Field Reg. no. 37; the dates of the scarabs and the fish-shaped seal from Tomb 2 fit those of the pottery vessels found there, dated to MB II, LB II and Iron II (see Ben-Arieh 2004: 11-122); MB II-EZ II (1950-539).

Sammlung:

 Beth-Shemesh, IAA Storehouse, inventory no. 84-1373.

Darstellung:

 A cross pattern (Keel 1995 § 494) with a circle in the center of the vertical bar; the horizontal element of the cross pattern is represented by two triple rings with a dot (Keel 1995: § 489, 490); from the circle in the center emerge scroll like lines, two up- and two downward; they end in four triple rings with a dot; the closest parallel, but where the small central circle is replaced by concentric triple circles, was found at Jericho, Tomb D 6, Group II: Kirkbride 1965: 599 fig. 283,15 = Tufnell 1984: pls. 21,1957; 22,2023; two more, though less precise, parallels are Keel 1997b: Tell el-˓Aǧul Nr. 563, 623; Keel 2010: Bet-Mirsim Nr. 49; local.

Bibliographie:

 Brandl 2004a: 145, no. 42, 184, fig. 3:42; Keel 2010: 86f, Bet-Mirsim Nr. 97.

DatensatzID:

 27108
  

Permanenter Link:

  https://bodo.unifr.ch/bodo/id/27108