Season
Second Season
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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
7-21-1971
Descriptor Level A
Area C
Descriptor Level B
Square No. 5
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 11
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 3
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 604
Stratum: 03
Material: Bronze
Period: Late Arabic (Islamic), few Byzantine
Type: Ayyubid/Mamluk
Allocated to: AUAM 71.155
Notes: 4.35 cm. long; 0.6 cm. thick
Slanted striations, imitating wire twists; bulbous finial - thickened but top slightly flattened.
Notes Reverse: Associated Objects:
603 coin; 661 coin; 786 sickle blade; 1021 coin; 787 pin; 811 hook; 812 coral fragment; 813 weight; 836 rod; 837 rod; 838 nail; 867 bead; 868 ring; 869 nail
Locus List: LA (Late Arabic (Islamic) Fill
AUSS XI p. 73
"The C. 5: 2-5 fill contained few stones but was rich in pottery and objects. Several bronze objects were of interest, such as a Christian cross (C:5:4 (888)), a bell (C:5:2 (790)), a coin of Al-'Aziz Muhammad (1216-1236), and two other Mamluk coins (Nos. 74, 196, 203). A coral fragment may possibly be considered indicative of trade with Aqaba."
Fill was man-made "may have served as make-up for the Ayyubid/Mamluk building C. 2: 10 - C. 3: 3 (1968) founded in it, and for the related courtyard hall..."