Bowl

67-39-7

From: Iran (uncertain) | Turkey (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 67-39-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Urartian
Provenience Iran (uncertain) | Turkey (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Flattened hemispherical shape, very regular (formed on a turning device?). Decorated on outside with 2 bands of 3 incised lines starting 0.2 and 1.3 cm below rim, certainly done on wheel or lathe. Granular lt. green patina especially coarse on outside; a few smooth dk. patches inside. An irregular hole, D. c. 0.5 cm, probably for suspension, crudely punched from inside just above and slightly overlapping lower band of dec.

Height 3.8 cm
Thickness 0.2 cm
Outside Diameter 16.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Hesperia Art, 1967

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