Sherd
Bowl
33-3-252
From: Iraq | Tepe Gawra
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 33-3-252 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Tepe Gawra |
| Archaeology Area | Level VI, well |
| Locus | Level VI well |
| Period | Gawra VI |
| Date Made | 2800-2500 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Light brown ware with light greenish slip on both surfaces. Base missing. Sides sharply expanding to middle, then vertical to a flaring rim; just above the carination are three horizontal grooves. Bistre painted decoration on rim in alternate groups of triangles and lines. |
| Height | 5.1 cm |
| Credit Line | American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1933 |
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