bowl
- Museum number
- 128751
- Description
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Small, open, pottery bowl with 3 feet and 2 vertically pierced lugs, one on each side of rim; dull brown painted decoration on exterior.
- Production date
- 800BC-550BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 3.50 inches
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Height: 3 inches
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair; rim chipped and cracked.
- Acquisition date
- 1936
- Acquisition notes
- The acquisition of this collection was highlighted in the 'Annual Report of the General Progress of the Museums for the year 1936' (BM BM (Natural History) 1937, pp. 10-11) as "A large collection of pottery, terracotta figurines, bronzes, seals and amulets, mainly from Persia, varying in date from before 3000 B.C., and for the most part from known sites; specially selected to illustrate periods not hitherto represented, or inadequately represented, in the collection".
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 128751
- Registration number
- 1936,0613.138
