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36-6-401

From: Iraq | Tepe Gawra

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 36-6-401
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area Level XII
Locus Level XII | Tepe Gawra,4 M [10 P]
Period Gawra XII
Date Made 4400-4200 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Brown ware, cream-coloured slip on exterior. Lower part missing. Wide sloping shoulder on which are two [originally four or five] pierced lug handles. Curved neck. Sepia paint in wavy lines betweens straight lines. Probably G5 season, possibly G4.

Credit Line American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1936

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