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1. Sorting potsherds (fragments of pottery) after a day’s excavation at Bethel in 1934. Each basket is 
labelled so that it is known just where each sherd was found. The fragments are important for 
dating purposes. Left to right: The Rev. Lester E. Williams, Drs. G. Ernest Wright, Joshua Starr, 
L Ben-Dor, Ovid R. Sellers (only his hat is visible), and an Arab boy who spent his time washing 
the pottery. 
2. Bowls, dating from the seventeenth or sixteenth century of the Middle Bronze Age, which were found 
by Elihu Grant at Beth-shemesh. 
3. Three vases (“‘bilbils’’) imported from Cyprus ec. 1600 B. C. They were found by Elihu Grant in a 
tomb at Beth-shemesh. The ware has a hard, grayish-black texture and when struck gives off a 
metallic sound, Pottery of this sort was imported in large quantities between c. 1600 and 1250 B. C. 
