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66-22-18

From: Iran | Ardebil

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 66-22-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Ardebil
Date Made 1200-800 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Technique Burnished
Iconography Animal Head
Description

Fragmentary. Light brown-grey fine paste, burnished. Tall narrow neck with flaring rim. Body globular. Single handle on body below neck with design of animal head with freestanding ears (now lost) and base. Handle itself formed by the horns indicated by groove down center of single piece of clay. Base small, flat and centrally perforated.

Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1966

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