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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
8-2-1973
Descriptor Level A
Area F
Descriptor Level B
Square No. 18
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 41
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 21
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 1592
Stratum: HR01-3
Material: Gold
Allocated to: Department of Antiquities
Notes: Diameter: 19 mm
Shaped like a half moon. In poor condition. Has no decorations.
Notes on Copy: Period: Early Roman
Notes: Gold looks like it has a lot of copper in it.
No evidence of being filled with paste
Hollow
Width of Crescent Area: 0.9 cm.
"A smaller version of the type of earring from which came fragment # 639. It has a large hollow crescent of gold foil whose diameter is ca. 1.9 cm. The ends are small wires that cross over and are coiled."
Color 10 YR 5/4 Moderate yellowish brown + 10 YR 6/6 Dark yellowish orange
Notes on Copy Reverse: Locus: Loculus 11, Early Roman
Associated Objects:
Glass vase 1537, Early Roman lamp 1590, 3 spindle whorls 1596, surgical instrument 1604, bell 1605, hairpin 1607, hair pin 1608, 2 needles 1614