Rim Sherd
35-8-101
From: Iran | Cheshmeh Ali
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 35-8-101 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hissar I |
| Provenience | Iran | Cheshmeh Ali |
| Site Name | Rayy |
| Date Made | ca. 5000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Rim sherd from deep bowl with incurved pinched rim. Medium paste, orange with dark brown paint. Interior and exterior surfaces slipped and matte. Exterior decorated with band at rim with zigzag stepped horizontal design interspersed with quadrupeds with long arched necks and long curved horns (ibexes?). Rim diameter approximate. |
| Credit Line | The Boston Museum of Fine Arts / University Museum Expedition to Rayy; Erich F. Schmidt 1934 |
| Other Number | Rch 1640/1 - Field No SF | BO 54 R183 VI 27? - Other Number |
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