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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
127529
Description
Shallow, elongated, oval, reddish pottery bowl with flat base, incurving sides and wide mouth; decorated with red painted bands on interior and exterior; 6 repair holes from rivets used for mending in antiquity: incomplete; repaired from fragments.
Cultures/periods
Halaf
Production date
6000BC-5000BC
Production place
Made in:
Iraq, North
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Professor Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Arpachiyah
, Full Room
Materials
pottery
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Height:
2.75 inches
Length:
8.50 centimetres
Width:
6.50 inches
Bibliographic references
Mallowan M E L & Rose J C 1935a / Excavations at Tall Arpachiyah, 1933
(p. 151, fig. 69.5)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Incomplete; repaired from fragments; 6 repair holes.
Acquisition date
1934
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
127529
Registration number
1934,0210.29
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
A.289
(excavation number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 15 Nov 2006