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Object Number:38-13-10
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Iraq
Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area: Level XI
Locus: Level XI
Tepe Gawra, 10 M
Period: Gawra XI
Date Made: 4100-3900 BCE
Early Date: -4100
Late Date: -3900
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Steatite
Credit Line:American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1938
Other Number:G7-114 - Field No SF
Rothman: 1711 - Other Number

Description

Black steatite. Hemispherical; boring worn. Bird-headed man, possibly holding sickle in right hand and sack in left hand.

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

Bibliography:

[Book] Rothman, Mitchell S. 2002. Tepe Gawra: the Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern Iraq.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. xxii, 494 p. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 360/ Cat. 1711View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Rothman, Mitchell S. 2002. Tepe Gawra: the Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern Iraq.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. xxii, 494 p. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plt. 48/ Fig. 1711View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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