Fragment of a bowl, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop, painted pottery, geometric motifs, bowls. Fragment of the wall of a bowl or cup with a preserved pointed rim. On the outside, the decorative composition consists of from the top: a wide band of diagonally intersecting parallel lines, terminated at the bottom by a thick line. Below is a fragment of another band filled with a row of triangles or rhombuses filled with diagonally intersecting lines. On the inside, the decoration is limited only to the upper part of the vessel and consists of a wide band terminating at the bottom with a wavy line. c. 6500–c. 5500 BC; Halaf culture ca. 5200–ca. 4500 BC earlier date. Northern Mesopotamia Iraq/Syria/Turkey. Pottery fragment; height 3.8 cm, width 3.8 cm, depth 0.48 cm, weight 8 g., A broken, flat fragment of pottery with a checkered painted pattern in reddish-brown and off-white, showing a large triangular shape and irregular edges; the surface has worn areas and a small rounded depres...
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Fragment of a bowl, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop, painted pottery, geometric motifs, bowls. Fragment of the wall of a bowl or cup with a preserved pointed rim. On the outside, the decorative composition consists of from the top: a wide band of diagonally intersecting parallel lines, terminated at the bottom by a thick line. Below is a fragment of another band filled with a row of triangles or rhombuses filled with diagonally intersecting lines. On the inside, the decoration is limited only to the upper part of the vessel and consists of a wide band terminating at the bottom with a wavy line. c. 6500–c. 5500 BC; Halaf culture ca. 5200–ca. 4500 BC earlier date. Northern Mesopotamia Iraq/Syria/Turkey. Pottery fragment; height 3.8 cm, width 3.8 cm, depth 0.48 cm, weight 8 g., A broken, flat fragment of pottery with a checkered painted pattern in reddish-brown and off-white, showing a large triangular shape and irregular edges; the surface has worn areas and a small rounded depression, with a plain off-white band across the lower portion and a muted gray background.

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Fragment bowl unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop painted pottery geometric motifs bowls wall cup preserved pointed rim outside decorative composition consists top wide band diagonally intersecting parallel lines terminated bottom thick line fragment another band filled row triangles rhombuses filled lines inside decoration limited upper part vessel consists wide band terminating wavy line c 6500–c 5500 Bc Halaf culture ca 5200–ca 4500 BC earlier date Northern Mesopotamia Iraq Syria Turkey Pottery fragment height 3.8 cm width 3.8 cm depth 0.48 cm weight 8 g broken flat fragment pottery checkered painted pattern reddish-brown off-white showing large triangular shape irregular edges surface worn areas small rounded depression plain off-white band across lower portion muted gray background.

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