Offering Stand in the Form of a Building in the University of Pennsylvania Museum, November 2009

Offering Stand in the Form of a Building
Ceramic
Beth Shean, stratum V, south temple
Iron IB, 1150-1000 BCE

# 29-103-807

Offering stands were used to hold bowls in which food, oils or incense were placed as offerings, and sometimes burned, during temple rituals.

Text from the U. Penn. Museum label.