Bowl
37-11-315
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iran | Cheshmeh Ali
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 37-11-315 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iran | Cheshmeh Ali |
| Site Name | Rayy |
| Archaeology Area | BD 50, pr. 12; D. 75.15 |
| Period | Hissar IA |
| Date Made | ca. 5200-4700 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic | Paint |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Red ware, red slip: both surfaces burnished. Small concave base, sides expanding to middle, thence contracting very slightly. Broken and repaired in antiquity: string holes remain. Black paint on exterior: 2 bands below rim, straight lines at right angles to each other with pot-hook at end (possibly highly conventionalized horned beast); below, wide band of slanting lines joined to base by four radiating lines. |
| Height | 14.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | The Boston Museum of Fine Arts / University Museum Expedition to Rayy; Erich F. Schmidt, 1937 |
| Other Number | RCh 3795 - Field No SF |
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