Jar
30-12-186
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 30-12-186 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Locus | Early Dynastic III, c. 2500 (Royal Cemetery) |
| Period | Early Dynastic III |
| Date Made | 2475-2300 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | 7th expedition. UE II Clay vessel type 106, Pl. 257 CBS Register: no field number. clay bottle. Neck and shoulder painted black. Incised comb marks on body. UE II p. 388 Woolley remarks type as foreign to Ur tradition. A hard brown biscuity ware with thin walls deeply grooved or ridged. The Tabular Analysis shows that this type came from four of the Royal Tombs: 1054, 1236, 1631, 1648. None of these vessels were given field numbers, but our example undoubtedly is one of these. |
| Length | 23 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1930 |
| Other Number | B17905 - Old Museum Number |
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