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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
127522
Description
Open, fairly thick walled pottery bowl with flat base and vertical sides; brown or black painted bands round exterior rim; repaired from fragments.
Cultures/periods
Ubaid
Production date
5900BC-4000BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Professor Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Arpachiyah
, found with fractional burials of Ur, Al Ubaid period.
Materials
pottery
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
4.50 inches
Height:
7 inches
Bibliographic references
Mallowan M E L & Rose J C 1935a / Excavations at Tall Arpachiyah, 1933
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; repaired from fragments.
Acquisition date
1934
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
127522
Registration number
1934,0210.22