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The plastered Jericho skull
- Material
- Human bone; plaster; shell
- Dimensions
- Height 17 cm; width 14.60 cm; depth 18 cm; weight 3.40 kg
- Date as given by the source
- 8500-6000 BCE (also 8200-7500 BCE)
- Record number
- 127414 · 1954,0215.1
- Held by
- The British Museum, London
The source states no licence for its image, so it is not reproduced here
Object · 8500-6000 BCE (also 8200-7500 BCE)
The plastered Jericho skull
A human cranium with a face modelled in plaster, one eye made from a shell divided in two. It was excavated at Jericho in 1953 and is on display today at the British Museum; on this site it is documented in text only.
- Region
- The Levant
- Material
- Human bone; plaster; shell
- Held by
- The British Museum, London