Body Sherd

70-6-8C

From: Iran | Farukhabad

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 70-6-8C
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Farukhabad
Archaeology Area Excavation A Layer ?
Period Late Uruk Period | Jemdet Nasr Period
Date Made 3200-2900 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Burnished gray ware jar body sherd. Surface gray (5YR 6/1. Interior gray (5YR 5/1). Large grain calcareous temper, many burned out during firing giving vesicular appearance. Some mica temper. Surface burnished with horizontal parallellines on matter bacground. Handmade.

Credit Line Gift of University of Michigan, 1970

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