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36-6-51

From: Iraq | Tepe Gawra

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 36-6-51
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area Level XI
Locus Level XI | Tepe Gawra, 4 J [12 P]
Period Gawra XI
Date Made 4100-3900 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Deep buff ware, light buff slip. Squat globular, constricted neck, outturned rim. Black painted decoration on shoulder and rim; double axe alternating with cross hatching between two sets of three horizontal bands; outside of rim also painted black. Broken and repaired. Handmade.

Credit Line American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1936
Other Number G5-1747 - Field No SF

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