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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
8-20-1968
Descriptor Level A
Area D
Descriptor Level B
Square No. 1
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 73
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 3
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 265
Stratum: AM02-3
Material: Coral
Period: Arabic (Islamic) pt, possibly Roman, Undistinguished sherds/objects, Tessera(e)
Allocated to: Department of Antiquities
Notes: Probably not related to a bead, but certainly a piece of coral, broken off at one end.
Length: 1.53; Width: 0.64 at broken end where point is, below that width is generally 0.4
Color nearest 10R 4/6 (coral)
J.12349
A/MA ROMN (Ayyubid/Mamluk?, Roman)
Notes Reverse: Petrie, Amulets
p. 27 Coral, Graeco-Roman
p. 52 Properties of Stones "Coral, red. Evil eye and Menstruation, B. ix, Am. 28, Fet. 46
(Books by Italian Dr. Giuseppe Bellucci)