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Site Names
Hisban, Hesban, Hesbon, Heshbon, Esbus, حسبان, חשבון
Creation Date
7-13-1976
Descriptor Level A
Area F
Descriptor Level B
Square No. 34
Descriptor Level C
Basket No. 7
Descriptor Level D
Locus No. 4a
Description
Obj. Reg. No. 2601
Stratum: 02-04
Material: Iron
Period: Ayyubid / Mamluk
Allocated to: AUAM 76.375
Notes: 48 x 5 mm.
Plain, no decorations
Infant's bangle.
Notes Reverse: Only object bracelet size.
Description: Lamp has fallen off. A good specimen because it is not heavily corroded.
Round cross section, 0.5 diameter
Diameter: 4.6 cm.
AUSS XVI p. 141
Cave 34
Largely used for domestic purposes. Earliest use in Late Roman period. Then used extensively in Early Byzantine III - IV
Ayyubid / Mamluk
Objects: partially broken lamp, an iron ring, glass fragments.
Bones of sheep and goats.