Fit for a (not-quite-so-great) king: A faience lion-headed cup from Hazor

Levant

Volumn 40, Issue , 2008, Pages 115-125

  Zuckerman, Sharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal headed cups; Canaan; Faience; Hazor; Late bronze age

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450104576     PISSN: 00758914     EISSN: 17563801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/175638008X284206     Document Type: Article

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