Season
Second Season
Preview
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. 752
Material: Bronze
Period: Pre-Arabic (Pre-Islamic), Byzantine body sherds, Undistinguished sherds/objects
Allocated to: Department of Antiquities
Notes Reverse: Similar to a specimen in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Dated to the 3rd-5th century A.D. Its description is as follows: "Used for burning incense or for receiving the ashes from sacred lamps, were use in both Christian and Jewish rituals."
Also similar to AUAM object 71.670