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Object Number:33-22-55
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iran
Tepe Hissar
Archaeology Area: Tepe Hissar, CF 47 X 2, Plot Record #7
Locus: Period III C
Period: Hissar IIIc
Date Made: c 2400 BCE
Early Date: -2600
Late Date: -2200
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Ceramic
Height: 10 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Thickness: 5 cm
Credit Line:Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933
Other Number:H2790 - Field No SF

Description

Gray ware, dark gray slip. Human torso with prominent breasts. Arms extended sidewise. Flat base. Short cylindrical neck, partially broken.

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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