Chapter 6 The Small FindS SariT P az IntroduCtIon This chapter presents the Early Bronze Age small finds discovered in the various excavations conducted at Tel Bet Yerah between 1933 and 1986. Tracking and collecting the finds and the relevant documentation proved to be a difficult task, as finds from the old excavations were widely dispersed. Several finds documented and registered by the excavators were not found in the IAA storehouses or elsewhere, and are thus not included in our corpus. However, the absence of a proper registration number on some finds did not exclude their presentation here. In these cases, knowledge of the excavation area was deemed sufficient to incorporate the finds into the corpus. The chapter comprises a great variety of objects. Therefore, the discussion is divided into twenty different categories arranged in two main parts: (I) Art and Iconography; (II) Small Artifacts. Some categories are further divided into subcategories. The catalogue of objects in each category is presented in tabular form. Part I includes various objects of figurative art, mostly made of clay, arranged according to the following categories (followed by the relevant catalogue numbers): A. Miniature Anthropomorphic Sculpture (Nos. 1, 2) B. Miniature Zoomorphic Sculpture (Nos. 3–38) C. Zoomorphic Vessels (Nos. 39, 40) D. Appliqué Decorations (Nos. 41–48) E. Painted Plaques (Nos. 49–51) F. Bed Models (Nos. 52–55) G. Model Wheels (Nos. 56–65) H. Model Shrine (No. 66) I. Kernoi and Miniature Vessels (Nos. 67–77) J. Seals and Seal Impressions (Nos. 78–99) K. Khirbet Kerak Ware (KKW) Iconography (Nos. 100–111) Part II includes small artifacts that are divided into categories according to raw material, typology, function, or origin: L. Ivory and Bone (Nos. 112–131) M. Metal Artifacts (Nos. 132–139) N. Maceheads (Nos. 140–157) O. Clay and Stone Bars (Nos. 158–177) P. Spheroids, Weights and Counters (Nos. 178–193) Q. Perforated Pottery Discs (Nos. 194–196) R. Pendants and Spacers (Nos. 197–202) S. Egyptian objects (Nos. 203–206) V. Varia (Nos. 207–218) p art I: art and IConography A. Miniature Anthropomorphic Sculpture (Table 6.1) Only two items fall into this category, illustrating that this was a relatively rare category in Early Bronze Age art, both at Tel Bet Yerah and in the southern Levant as a whole (cf. Beck 2002:37; Miroschedji 2011b:87*– 88*). 1. Woman and Child (Fig. 6.1:1) This clay figurine (previously published by Schroer and Keel 2005: No. 107; Dayagi-Mendels and Rozenberg 2010:40, Fig. 6) consists of a 6.9 cm high, pillar- shaped torso placed on a square (4.1 × 4.1 cm) base, broken at two corners. The head is slightly pinched but entirely schematic, with no features represented. Two schematic arms enfold a reclining child whose head is broken. The figurine is decorated with irregular bands of red paint, in no discernible pattern. The archaeological context of this object is uncertain, as it was recovered from a sounding deep beneath the Early Islamic citadel excavated as a single, 2 m deep context. In light of the recovery of many KKW artifacts from this sounding, it seems most likely that the context was Period D (EB III; see Bet Yerah I:107).