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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
8-16-1971
Descriptor Level A
Area F
Descriptor Level B
Square No. T-1
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 22
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 2 - Quadrant B
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 1159
Stratum: 09-10
Material: Bronze
Period: Early Roman
Allocated to: AUAM 71.474
Notes: 4.5 cm. diameter
Child's bangle
Twisted wire base, perhaps three wires in base twist
One one side two of those wires form fastening "hook", the other winds around just below hook about 3x
On opposite side two wires form "eye", the other winds into three twists
This forms the "hook-and-eye" fastening
Very good condition
Notes Reverse: See 1157 + 999
Clasp: Cf. Petrie, Obj. D. U., Pl. VI: 75
Macalister, Gezer, Pl. CXII:2, CXXXV: 29
Tell en Nasbeh, Pl. 112: 5
Heshbon 1061, 1170