Accession No

1924.789 B


Description

Tip of a handle made of ivory, depicting a carved figure of a man with knees drawn up to chin and hands clasping knees. Base of the figure is rough where the handle has broken.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Israel [Palestine]; Jerusalem


Period

?Roman


Source

Raphael, Oscar [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1924.789 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ivory


Local Term


Measurements

22mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: Near Jerusalem
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Display)
1924.789 A-D previously mounted together on a board with a label written by Cyril Fox reading: 'Objects of bone and ivory. "Near Jerusalem". 24.789. DD. Oscar Raphael. F.S.A. 1924.'
Event Date 1924
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
A small ivory handle carved in the figure of a man with knees drawn up to chin and hands clasping knees.
Event Date 1924
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Tip of a handle made of ivory, depicting a carved figure of a man with knees drawn up to chin and hands clasping knees. Base of the figure is rough where the handle has broken.
Event Date 14/9/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth


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