Jar

66-22-24

From: Iran | Ardebil

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 66-22-24
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Ardebil
Date Made 1200-800 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fine pale grey paste, burnished, surfaec largely disappeared. Rim plain with neck narrowing to base. Upper part of vessel globular to low sharp carination then curves gently, bo definite base. Neck decorated over entirety with grooves and ridges. Top of shoulder near top of handle decorated with 2 grooves. Two handles opposite each other of stylized horned animals with nose indicated by sharp wide ridge and horns by concave strap with sharp edges. Below handles decorated by 3 shallow radiating grooves to carination.

Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1966

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