Sherd
Jar Fragment
38-13-139
From: Iraq | Tepe Gawra
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 38-13-139 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Tepe Gawra |
| Archaeology Area | Level XVI |
| Locus | Level XVI | Tepe Gawra, 5 G, edge tepe |
| Period | Gawra XVI |
| Date Made | 5000-4500 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Yellowish green ware. Bistre painted decoration in a festooned band at rim; on the shoulder are the heads of two birds, one on each side of a circular cross-hatched object. Sloping shoulder; sharply expanding rim. |
| Credit Line | American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1938 |
| Other Number | G7-28 - Field No SF |
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