1.3.02026-08-30vaseRådata3400041objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3400041MM 1956:352Small vase with flower decor probably lotus. Probably imported from Egypt. Oval vase slightly flattened bottom, very wide neck with out-turned side. The glaze has a blue-green bottom (discolored on slightly less than half the vase) with a black geometric pattern.MM 1956:352, Bought from The Jericho Excavation Fund, Institute of Archaeology, London, from the extensive excavations conducted in 1952-58 by Kathleen Kenyon for the British School of Archaelogy in Jerusalem., Chipped at the mouth; a long crack., During the Middle Bronze Age (c.1900-1550 BC) houses consisting of small irregularly shaped rooms were built, and the city was fortified by an earthen rampart faced with plaster, surmounted by city walls. A huge retaining wall at the base of the slope existed in the final phase. Mass burials were excavated in a cemetery off the mound in shaft graves. The remains of wooden beds on which the deceased lay as well as pottery vessels containing food and drink have been found next to several of the bodies. The city was destroyed, probably about the end of the Middle Bronze Age (1550 BC)., Jericho H.11.26., Tomb HII, Faience., Främre Orienten, Palestine, Främre Orienten - Showcase 09:01., Jeriko, IsraelInsamladKenyon, KathleenBrukadMiddle Bronze Age (c.1900-1550 BC)FunnenAsien, Palestina (stat), Jerichoimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3632368/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3632367/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byKaneberg, OveStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3921343http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953894http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953898http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3400041http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3400041http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3400041