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37-11-838

From: Iran | Rayy

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 37-11-838
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Rayy
Site Name Rayy
Archaeology Area RTG 7, Pit 7 a, #1, d. 1.50; D. top 45.60
Date Made VIIIth Century
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Technique Glazed
Description

Cream ware, cream slip. Extruding daic base, pear-shaped body; wide, long cylindrical neck; oblique shallow flutings on shoulder. Knobbed loop handle, rim to shoulder. Said by G.C. Miles to be of the earliest type of white ware, grooving or fluting being the criterion.

Credit Line The Boston Museum of Fine Arts / University Museum Expedition to Rayy; Erich F. Schmidt, 1937
Other Number RG 7849 - Field No SF

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