Categories
Early Bronze Age I

Beads

beads
Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, © ROM
  • Object Title: Beads
  • Object Name: Beads
  • Object Number: 955.165.60
  • Description: Beads of Carnelian, Shell, Stone, and various other materials. Some found in string position.
  • Dimensions: 56 cm
  • Material: Carnelian, shell and stone
  • Geography: Excavated at Jericho, Palestine
  • Period: Early Bronze Age I
  • Date: c. 3200-2900 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: J Tomb A94
  • Excavation Number:
  • Cross References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen Mary. Digging up Jericho. London: Ernest Benn, 1957: Description of tomb: pp. 96-99; Objects in situ: Plate 34A.
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: pp. 16-40 (Tomb A94).
  • Published References:
    • Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: p. 40.