Season
Second Season
Preview
Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
7-20-1971
Descriptor Level A
Area F
Descriptor Level B
Square No. T-4
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 8
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 4
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 588
Stratum: BA05/6
Material: Gold
Allocated to: Department of Antiquities
Notes: Complete
1 = 1.5 cm long x 1.3 cm wide
1 = 1.6 cm long x 1 cm wide
Notes Reverse: Associated Objects:
Bronze fibula: 543, 593
Ivory fragment: 544
Earrings: 559, 589
Tacks: 586
Bracelet fragment: 587
Beads: 590, 591
Locus: South grave chamber, Byzantine tomb
"A pair of gold penannular earrings with single loops in each end that have been intertwined. The measurements of the earrings which are now slightly bent are 1.5 cm long by 1.3 cm wide (4.31 circumference) and 1.6 cm long by 1 cm wide (4.48 circumference)."