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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
7-23-1971
Descriptor Level A
Area F
Descriptor Level B
Square No. T-4
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 15
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 6
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 753
Stratum: BA05/6
Material: Gold
Allocated to: Department of Antiquities
Notes Reverse: 1.5 cm. diameter
Stone missing
Drawn from front, back, sideways.
Compare openwork with earrings in case at Department of Antiquities
cf. Department of Antiquities J 26 41.102b
Locus: Loculus with burial; Byzantine tomb
Associated Objects:
Bronze incense shovel 752, bronze tub 735, iron key fragment 756, gold earring 750, bronze ring 751, bead 757, bead 578
"The stamped open-work design has a basic arch with a 'D'-shaped perforation; two short vertical projections are delineated between each arch."
Back - cup - much soldered, doily put on separately.
8 cut outs
Wire affixed on back with small loop, drawn across cup back bent outward and back with smaller end fastened into loop and cut-out work