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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
1855,1205.55
Description
Part of body of greenish grey streaked with black serpentinite bowl.
Cultures/periods
Mesopotamian
Production date
8thC BC-7thC BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Hormuzd Rassam
(?)
Excavated by:
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
(?)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Sherif Khan
(?)
Excavated/Findspot:
Nineveh (Iraq)
(?)
Materials
serpentinite
Dimensions
Length:
7.50 centimetres
Thickness:
1.30 centimetres
Width:
3.70 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Searight, Reade & Finkel 2008a / Assyrian Stone Vessels and related material in the British Museum
(402, p.57)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; incomplete; part of body.
Acquisition date
1855
Acquisition notes
Note about this collection in register (1: 123) states these objects were probably mainly procured by Rassam and some by Rawlinson from Sherif-Khan.
Department
Middle East
Registration number
1855,1205.55