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71-9-71

From: Iran

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 71-9-71
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran
Locus North or northeast region
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Technique Incised
Description

Large orange ware jar with short, flaring, narrow neck, direct rim, oval mouth. Single vertical handle with thumb rest from mid-neck to upper shoulder. Exterior, vertical burnishings, 4 incised leaf patterns, and short parallel lines at base of neck and on shoulder under handle. Rounded base and globular body. Surface is very weathered and covered with concretion. Two irregular small holes near base.

Credit Line Gift of Columbia University through Edith Porada, 1971

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