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jug; decanter(?)

Object Type: jug; decanter (?)
Museum number: 132323
Description: Light brown pottery jug, possibly a decanter?, with a small, ring base, a bulbous body and a narrow, flared, ribbed neck; repaired and restored.
Cultures/periods: Iron Age II
Production date: 740BC-732BC
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Hazor (historic), Area B, Square T.7, Locus 3094, Stratum VA.
Materials: pottery
Dimensions: Diameter: 5.625 inches; Height: 8.75 inches
Location: Not on display
Condition: Fair; repaired and restored.
Acquisition name: Donated by: Anglo-Israeli Exploration Society; Donated through: Sir Charles F Clore
Acquisition date: 1958
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 132323
Registration number: 1958,0512.15
Additional IDs: Excavation/small finds number: 196 (excavation number?); Excavation/small finds number: B 251/4 (excavation number)