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Object Number:37-16-110
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iraq
Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area: Level XII
Locus: Level XII-
Tepe Gawra, 5 M, Burial G 36 - 62
Period: Gawra XII
Date Made: 4400-4200 BCE
Early Date: -4400
Late Date: -4200
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Ceramic
Height: 13 cm
Outside Diameter:29.5 cm
Credit Line:American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1937
Other Number:G6-251 - Field No SF

Description

Light red ware; light yellowish green slip. Ring base, straight expanding sides. Black painted decoration [burnt sienna in spots] in festoons on interior of rim. Used as lid of burial jar.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) View Objects in Exhibition
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

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