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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
6-28-1973
Descriptor Level A
Area F
Descriptor Level B
Square No. 12
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 4
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 2
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 1344
Level: BA03-6
Material: Frit
Allocated to: Department of Antiquities
Notes: Length: 13 mm; Width: 12 mm
White in color; oval shape; poor condition; not described
Notes on Copy: Stratum: 07-10
Color - whiter than 10 YR 8/2, very pale orange
White material - maybe 'frit' ?
A face that could be mounted on an earring; back is flat
Made in a mold
Crown and earrings, brow has bangs
Notes Reverse of Copy: Petrie, Amulets
pg. 28, # 128. Medusa Head - "to protect by repelling on lookers"
Roman; 128a, b. green glaze; 128 c, green + yellow + black glaze.
In "Univ. Coll. P. 3" [University College, London collection; Petrie No. 3. See Amulets pg. 8]