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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
6-30-1976
Descriptor Level A
Area C
Descriptor Level B
Square No. 5
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 313
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 101
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 2391
Stratum: 03
Material: Glass
Period: Ayyubid / Mamluk dominant, Umayyad, Byzantine
Allocated to: AUAM 76.191
Notes: 50 x 5 mm. + 46 x 6 mm.
b - gray, weathered, twisted body, no evidence of pressed ends.
Notes Reverse: Associated Objects: 2554 Flint; 2382 Coral bead; 2383 Iron nail fragment; (2391 Glass bead)
Perhaps Ayyubid / Mamluk domestic installation
Description: a) Dull black bangle; round cross section. Fine, clear striations resembling metal wire twists.
Piece is 5.9 cm. long; Diameter of cross section: 0.5 cm.
b) Shiny black bangle; round cross section. Striations in a pattern, not as deep as a).
6.4 cm. long; 0.4 cm. wide diameter of cross section.