Rim Sherd

Bowl

38-13-33

From: Iraq | Tepe Gawra

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 38-13-33
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area Level XII
Locus Early Gawra | Tepe Gawra, Iraq 7 M Level XII
Period Gawra XII
Date Made ca. 3400 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Four sherds with join. Greenish buff paste, hard fired, fine vegetable inclusions. matt with black and brown matt pinted decoration. Row of sitting ducks, body filled in, heads left open. Beneath, row of sideways "w's". Framing below and to the right, thick plain bands enclosing fine cross-hatching. Thin annular band at rim. From shallow hemispherical bowl, decorated on inside.

Credit Line American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1938
Other Number G 7-272 - Field Number

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