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About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Pithos, Krater Decorated in Relief
Period: Iron I
Material: Pottery
Site: Hazor, T.
Wide: 50 cm
Height: 80 cm
Description: Multi handled pithos/krater. Plastic decoration applied to the shoulder. It includes a striding horned animal with a bird above it. A paw, presumably belonging to another animal - a lion? appears on the rim.
Bibliography:
Ben-Ami D. and Ben-Tor A. 2012. The Iron Age I (Stratum XII/XI). In: A. Ben-Tor, D. Ben-Ami, D. Sandhaus. Hazor VI, The 1990-2009 Excavations , The Iron Age. Jerusalem, 7-51, Fig. 1.11: 3.

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Pithos Decorated in Relief  
Photographer :Meidad Suchowolski

Pithos Decorated in Relief  
Photographer :Meidad Suchowolski





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