Incense Burner
37-16-243
From: Iraq | Tepe Gawra
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 37-16-243 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Tepe Gawra |
| Archaeology Area | Level XIII |
| Locus | Level XIII | Tepe Gawra, 4 J, long room |
| Period | Gawra XIII |
| Date Made | 4500-4400 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Drab light brown ware burning light red in spots. wet smooth. Bell-shaped with carinated shoulder. Around the base of the objects were 7 doors of which parts of 4 remain; above each door was a triangular window which parts of 3 remain. Running down the sides of the object from the overhanging ledge to near the base are deeply incisedd lines in pairs between the windows and the doors. Rim and over half of body missing. |
| Credit Line | American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1937 |
| Other Number | G6-360 - Field No SF |
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