Sherd
Bowl
37-16-451
From: Iraq | Tepe Gawra
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 37-16-451 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Tepe Gawra |
| Locus | Area A |
| Period | Halaf Period |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Hard light brown ware, white grits. Flat base, rounded sides expanding sharply to rim. Reddish brown painted decoration on exterior in horizontal bands and undulating lines connected by short vertical strokes; on the interior in concentric circles of connected lozenges, checkerboard pattern crossed by diagonal lines; and in the centre a figure formed by 4 arcs connecting the points of an X. |
| Credit Line | American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1937 |
| Other Number | G6-574 - Field No SF |
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