Object Number | 38-10-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Khafaje |
Archaeology Area | P 43/40, h = 33.70 |
Period | Early Jemdet Nasr |
Date Made | Early Jemdet Nasr Period? |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Painted |
Description | painted decoration, scarlet or plum ware? Light brown ware. Red paint on rim and shoulder in solid band; red bands on body forming panels and stripes; between the stripes are traces of painted decoration in triangles and circles, original colour perhaps brown. Wide flat base, short nearly vertical sides, wide shoulder with four pierced lug handles; vertically incised collar at point of carination; no neck, slight rim. Fragmentary, restored. |
Height | 13 cm |
Outside Diameter | 23 cm |
Credit Line | Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1938 |
Other Number | KH 9-194 - Field No SF |
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