Jar

30-12-186

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 30-12-186
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Locus Early Dynastic III, c. 2500 (Royal Cemetery)
Period Early Dynastic III
Date Made 2475-2300 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

7th expedition. UE II Clay vessel type 106, Pl. 257

CBS Register: no field number. clay bottle. Neck and shoulder painted black. Incised comb marks on body.

UE II p. 388 Woolley remarks type as foreign to Ur tradition. A hard brown biscuity ware with thin walls deeply grooved or ridged. The Tabular Analysis shows that this type came from four of the Royal Tombs: 1054, 1236, 1631, 1648. None of these vessels were given field numbers, but our example undoubtedly is one of these.

Length 23 cm
Outside Diameter 16 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1930
Other Number B17905 - Old Museum Number

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