Jar
38-10-7
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Khafaje
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
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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