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38-10-7

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Khafaje

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 38-10-7
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Khafaje
Archaeology Area Gr. 123-2
Period Jemdet Nasr
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic | Paint
Technique Painted
Description

Brown ware; greenish cream-colored slip, red and faded black paint in four rectangular panels on body, one panel containing figure of horned animal, another a bird, the other two a plant or tree each. The shoulder is decorated with V's in red paint; the spaces in between filled with designs in black paint now almost completely gone; neck completely covered with red paint. Ring base, sides gradually expanding to a sloping shoulder; high wide neck, slightly overhanging.

Height 16 cm
Outside Diameter 13.3 cm
Credit Line Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1938
Other Number KH 9-164 - Field No SF

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