Jar
38-10-7
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Khafaje
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 38-10-7 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Khafaje |
| Archaeology Area | Gr. 123-2 |
| Period | Jemdet Nasr |
| Date Made | ca. 2900-2600 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic | Paint |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Brown ware; greenish cream-colored slip, red and faded black paint in four rectangular panels on body, one panel containing figure of horned animal, another a bird, the other two a plant or tree each. The shoulder is decorated with V's in red paint; the spaces in between filled with designs in black paint now almost completely gone; neck completely covered with red paint. Ring base, sides gradually expanding to a sloping shoulder; high wide neck, slightly overhanging. |
| Height | 16 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 13.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1938 |
| Other Number | KH 9-164 - Field No SF |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.




