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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
8-10-1971
Descriptor Level A
Area F
Descriptor Level B
Square No. T-10
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 11
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 8 - Sarcophagus 2
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 1002
Stratum: HR01 (11)
Material: Gold
Period: Late Roman Tomb
Allocated to: Department of Antiquities
Notes: 1.25 cm. diameter; 0.34 width of widest part
Hollow tube filled with paste
Miniature of fragment specimen body is thick + appears hollow.
Cf. also smaller pair 750
Notes Reverse: Associated Objects:
1007 Late Roman Juglet, 1001 Spatula, 1003 Bead, 1004 Belt buckle, 1005-1006 Bracelets
Locus: Sarcophagus 2; Late Roman Tomb
With 750 in text.
Body is relatively thick and graduates abruptly for the wire ends.
The thickness appears to indicate a hollow foil tube characteristically filled with paste.
Flat inner part (made like 639 but much smaller)