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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
7-17-1973
Descriptor Level A
Area D
Descriptor Level B
Square No. 1
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 215
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 5
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 1460
Stratum: AM03
Material: Carnelian
Allocated to: Department of Antiquities
Notes: Diameter: 15 mm; Thickness: 8 mm; Length: 1.87 cm.
Oval shaped Carnelian bead.
Highly polished. There is a small crack on the back of bead.
No classification for perimeter, "loaf" shaped, D. 1. a. (Long, Oblate/Spherical/Ellipsoid profile) (Beck, 1928)
Shades of carnelian, some transparent, 5 YR 5/6 light brown somewhat near.