HYPERTEXT INDEX TO MATERIAL CULTURE
AEGEAN
ALABASTER VASES
- Middle Bronze II
- Late Bronze
- Iron Age
- How to distinquish between import and
local alabaster vessels
- Locally-made (?) juglet, 33-11-413 on
display (Juglet)
- Imported ovoid flask, ? on display
(Beth Shan)
- Locally-made (?) Jar, ? on display (Beth
Shan)
- Imported Jar, ? on display (Beth
Shan)
- Bag-shaped vessel, FN 1477
(Beth Shan
Tomb 42)
- Imported tazza, FN 1227 (Beth
Shan
Tomb 29)
- Separate pieces of imported tazza,
???? (Beth Shan Tomb 29)
- Local? tazza, 29-107-331 (Beth
Shan VII
locus 1087)
- Amphoriskos, 61-14-1637 (Beth
Shemesh
IV)
- Dipper Juglet, 29-109-293 (Beth
Shan
?)
- Fish-shaped cosmetic bowl, 61-14-
1638
(Beth Shemesh IV)
- Pyxis, 29-107-282 (Beth Shan
VI)
- Pyxis, S1144/St79 Fig.5:26
(Sa'idiyeh VII House 65)
- Burnt flask, S721/411
(Sa'idiyeh V
House 9)
ALTARS
AMULETS/PENDANTS
ANIMALS AND BIRDS
ANKLETS
ANTHROPOID COFFIN BURIALS
ARMLETS
ARROWHEADS
ARTISTIC THEMES
AXES
BAMAH OR HIGH PLACE
BASKETS
BEADS
BEDS
BENCHES
BONE PENDANTS
BRONZE AND METAL VESSELS
BREAD
BUTTONS ?
BURIAL PRACTICES
CHARIOT FITTINGS (?)
CLOTHING AND DRESS
COSMETIC ITEMS
- Cosmetic boxes, Middle Bronze II
- Inlays for cosmetic
boxes, Middle Bronze II
- Combs, Middle Bronze
- Combs, cosmetic spoons and inlay
boxes, Late Bronze Age
- Cosmetic Palettes, Iron II
- Kohl pot (Beth Shan IX)
- Cosmetic bowl or Duck Dish,
??? (Beth Shan VIII-VII)
- Cosmetic Spoon (Tell es-Sa'idiyeh Tomb
101)
- Comb, ??? (Beth Shan Tomb 7)
- Cosmetic palette with incised design and on
display, FN St38 Fig. 48:6 (Gibeon Houses in Area 17, 17-H-19)
- Fragments of stone palettes
lacking any evidence of decoration (Sa'idiyeh Stratum V)
COSMETIC PALETTE
CREMATION BURIAL
CULTIC OBJECTS
CYLINDER SEALS
DAGGERS AND SWORDS
DECORATION OR TREATMENT ON POTTERY
FORMS
DEITIES
- Deities on goblet, Middle
Bronze I
- Male deity striding forward with cudgel
or other weapon, Middle Bronze II
- Depiction of goddess
in gold foil, Middle Bronze Age
- Depiction of goddess in
gold foil, Late Bronze Age
- Amulets and pendants
depicting Egyptian deities, Late Bronze Age
- Selection of amulets/pendants of
deities (Beth Shan Temple VII)
- Other amulets/pendants of deities
(Beth Shan Temple VII)
- Plaque of Bes and female
goddess (Astarte?), Late Bronze Age
- Amulets and pendants depicting Egyptian
deities, Iron Age
- Votive stela to deities and statuary, Late
Bronze
- Stela of Mekal (Beth Shan, Stratum
IX)
- Stela of Ashtaroth (?) (Beth
Shan VII locus 1072)
- Statue Horus Falcon, ? (Beth Shan
VI)
- Goddess on Standard (Beth Shan,
Stratum VIII)
- Middle Bronze II
- Late Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Amulets and pendants depicting Egyptian
deities, Iron Age
DESIGNS
DIVINATION
DOLMEN
DRESS
EARRINGS
EGYPTIAN EMPIRE, EVIDENCE OF
FAIENCE VESSELS
FASTENERS
FIBULA
FIGURINES
- Late Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Astarte plaques
- Mold, 29-103-940 (Beth
Shan VIII) and Figurine (Beth Shan VI)
- Astarte plaque hands at
the side, (Ain Shems, Stratum IV)
- Astarte plaque hands at
the side, (Univ. of Pa. Museum)
- Astarte plaque hands at
mouth, (Univ. of Pa. Museum)
- Astarte plaque holding
lotus palms, (Univ. of Pa. Museum)
- Iron I (?) Astarte plaque holding
lotus palms, (Ain Shems, Stratum III)
- Plaques (Ain Shems IV-III)
- Plaques (Beth Shemesh Stratum IV-
III)
- Shawabti figurine, ???? (Beth Shan
Coffin tombs)
- Pillared figurine on display, Univ. of Penn.
Museum
- Pillared figurines (Beth
Shemesh Stratum
II)
- Other pillared figurines (Beth
Shemesh Stratum II)
- Molded head on display, Univ. of
Penn. Museum
- Molded heads, (Beth Shemesh
Stratum II?)
- Molded heads, (Beth Shemesh
Stratum II?)
- Molded heads, (Beth Shemesh
Stratum II?)
- Mold for figurine heads on display, Univ. of
Penn. Museum
- Bell-shaped figurine holding a
bird?, Sarepta I, Fig. 41:1 (Sarepta Shrine I)
- Figurine playing tambourine?,
Sarepta I, Fig. 42:2 (Sarepta Shrine I)
- Sphinx throne triad, Sarepta
I, Fig. 42:3 (Sarepta Shrine I)
FINGER RINGS
FOOD
FORTS
FORTIFICATION LINES AND GATES
FORTS
FURNITURE
GAMES AND GAMEBOARDS
GATES
GOLD FOIL
GRIFFINS
HISTORY
HORSES OR QUADRUPEDS
HOUSES AND PALACES
HYKSOS
INCENSE BURNERS AND STANDS
INSCRIPTIONS
IVORY AND BONE INLAYS
- Middle Bronze II
- Late Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Bone inlays,62-30-345, M79* (Gibeon [el Jib]
Tomb 15)
- LB I Bone inlays (Beth Shan Tomb
42)
- Kohl pot (Beth Shan IX)
- Hathor? Wand or
castanet/clapper, 29-105-217 (Beth Shan VII locus 1072)
- Comparison to Egyptian prototype (Lower
Egyptian gallery)
- Ivory gameboard, ??? (Beth Shan
Tomb 90)
- Ivory gameboard from Megiddo
- Cups and lids (Tell es-Sa'idiyeh Tomb
101)
- % Ivory Lid, 29-107-367 (Beth Shan
VII
locus 1073)
- Ivory box from Megiddo
- Cosmetic bowl or Duck Dish,
??? (Beth Shan VIII-VII)
- Cosmetic Spoon (Tell es-Sa'idiyeh Tomb
101)
- Ivory fragment of Woman at
window?,
Sarepta I, Fig 43:1 (Sarepta Shrine I)
- Ivory fragment of standing
figure,
Sarepta I, Fig 43:2 (Sarepta Shrine 1)
- Ivory inlay of Mesopotamian Griffin
- Ivory inlay of Astarte?
- Ivory inlay of lion's foot
JAR BURIALS
JAVELIN POINT
JEWELRY
JEWELRY MANUFACTURE
LAMPS
LAMP NICHES
LITERATURE AND WRITING
MASKS
MIDDLE KINGDOM
MIGDOL TEMPLES
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
NOMADS
OFFERINGS
PATRIARCHAL AGE
PLAQUE
POMMELS
POTTERY
PRIMARY BURIAL
RUSH MATS
SCARABS
SECONDARY BURIAL
SHAFT TOMBS
SHAWABTI FIGURINES
SIGNET ITEMS
SILOS
SNAKES
SPEARPOINTS
SPEARPOINTS
STATUARY
STELA
TEMPLES AND SHRINES
THRONE, MINATURE
TOGGLE PINS
TRIBUTE
VILLAGE
WATER SYSTEMS
WEAPONS
WEIGHTS
WHORL
WINE