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Pre-Pottery Neolithic

Thumb Pressed Brick

Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, © ROM
  • Object Title: Thumb Pressed Brick
  • Object Name: Mud-Brick
  • Object Number: 955.165.78
  • Description: Mud-Brick, buff clay, with three pairs of thumb impressions on upper side. Part of large brick.
  • Dimensions: 9.8 x 17.8 x 11.4 cm
  • Material: Unbaked Clay
  • Geography: Excavated at Tell al-Sultan (Jericho), Palestine
  • Period: Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period
  • Date: c. 8500-5500 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: JPE3.10
  • Excavation Number: 350
  • Cross References:
    • Tushingham, A. Douglas. "Excavations at Old Testament Jericho." The Biblical Archaeologist 16, no .3 (1953) pp. 51-52.
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