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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
7-9-1976
Descriptor Level A
Area C
Descriptor Level B
Square No. 5
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 390
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 149
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 2567
Stratum: 03
Material: Bronze
Period: Ayyubid / Mamluk fill
Allocated to: AUAM 76.345
Notes: 70 x 4 x 7.5 -16.5 mm
47 x 3 x 10.5 - 15.5 mm.
Notes Reverse: 2619 bone comb fragment.
Similar style to 2679 but these two fragments are probably not from same bracelet
a - 8.2 cm. long; made by folding foil over itself; this is evident from inside (back).
Hammering has made a graduated effect at ends; end here is 1.5 cm. wide, while body is 0.95 cm. wide; end has stamp of four circles.
b - corrosion shows no design.
Two flat strips of metal are "affixed" together (see broken end).
Cross section of base; Width of base: 0.68 cm.; Width of hammered (flattened) tip is 1.6 cm.; Piece is 7.5 cm. long.