Caption

Fragment of a bowl, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop, painted pottery, geometric motifs, bowls, Near Eastern pottery, Eastern Gaulish Scene. Fragment of a bowl wall with a preserved thin rim edge and a transition to a flat, bottom. Before firing, the decoration consisting of geometric motifs was painted with ferrous clay on both sides of the bowl, over a layer of dry, very smoothed glaze. After firing, the painted decoration ranged in color from red to dark brown, while the background is shiny and cream-colored. The geometric motifs on the interior consist of groups of horizontal continuous and dotted lines, alternating with double lines, on which are placed small, elongated ovals. On the outer side, the decoration is a striped composition consisting of groups of several parallel diagonal lines inclined alternately to the left and to the right, and alternating triangular fields where the diagonal lines meet. Ca. 6500–ca. 5500 BC; Halaf culture, Northern Mesopotamia Iraq, Syria, Turkey. Pottery fragment; height 4.6 cm, width 5.6 cm, depth 4.4 cm, weight 12 g., A fragment of a flat, irregularly shaped object with a worn surface sits against a light gray background; the fragment is primarily beige with areas of darker brown and black, and it bears a pattern of several parallel dark brown lines radiating toward a central triangular beige area, with darker smudges and spots near the edges and a slightly darker, rougher lower rim.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A00_367

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17.2Mb (966.0Kb) / 10.0in x 6.7in / 3008 x 2000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment bowl unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop painted pottery geometric motifs bowls Near Eastern pottery Eastern Gaulish Scene bowl wall preserved thin rim edge transition flat bottom firing decoration consisting was painted ferrous clay sides layer dry smoothed glaze painted decoration ranged color red dark brown background shiny cream-colored interior consist groups horizontal continuous dotted lines alternating double lines placed small elongated ovals outer side decoration striped composition consisting several parallel diagonal lines inclined alternately left right alternating triangular fields diagonal lines meet Ca 6500–ca 5500 Bc Halaf culture Northern Mesopotamia Iraq Syria Turkey Pottery fragment height 4.6 cm width 5.6 cm depth 4.4 cm weight 12 g fragment irregularly shaped object worn surface sits light gray background primarily beige areas darker brown black bears pattern several parallel dark brown lines radiating central triangular beige area darker smudges spots near edges slightly darker rougher lower rim.