Wine Jar
| Object Number: | 69-12-15 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Middle East Galleries Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Iran Hajji Firuz |
| Archaeology Area: | F10 (4c) 3A/20 |
| Date Made: | 5400-5000 BCE |
| Early Date: | -5400 |
| Late Date: | -5000 |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 32 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 33.4 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Hasanlu Project (Hajji Firuz); Mary M. Voight, 1969 |
| Other Number: | HF68-205 - Field No SF |
Description
"Wine Jar" pottery jar, restricted, carinated; found in fragments.
Reconstructed storage jar. The jar is one of a series of jars found sunken into the floor along an interior wall of a "kitchen" in a well-preserved Neolithic house. A reddish residue found inside the jar tested positive for wine and terebinth tree resin. The jar had a capacity of approximately 9 liters (2.5 gallons). It is one of the oldest known wine storage containers in the world.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Pressing Matters Supplement (15 Mar 2008 - 20 Apr 2008) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| In the Artifact Lab: Conservation in Action (08 Apr 2017 - 12 Feb 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| 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 |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Tchernia, André, and Poux, Matthieu, and Brun, Jean-Pierre. 2009. Le Vin: nectar des dieux, génie des hommes.. Montpellier. pg. 331 p. : ill. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 34/ fig. 32 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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