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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
131100
Description
Dull buff pottery bowl with flat base, single handle and incurved rim; burnished; dark brown painted decoration around rim; handle lost; repaired from fragments.
Cultures/periods
Iron Age II
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Marc Aurel Stein
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Dumaweza
Materials
pottery
Technique
painted
burnished
Dimensions
Diameter:
6.625 inches
Height:
2.375 inches
Bibliographic references
Stein M A 1940a / Old Routes of Western Iran. Narrative of an archaeological journey carried out and recorded by Sir Aurel Stein
(pl.XXIX, figure 10)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Incomplete; handle lost; repaired from fragments.
Acquisition name
Division of Finds:
Department of Antiquities, Iran
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
131100
Registration number
1947,0501.494
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
Dum 6 (bt)
(Stein number)