Caption

Fragment of a bowl, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop, painted pottery with geometric motifs, bowls, Eastern Gaulish Scenery. 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, Northern Mesopotamia Iraq/Syria/Turkey. Pottery fragment; height 3.8 cm, width 3.8 cm, depth 0.48 cm, weight 8 g., A fragment of a flat, triangular ceramic shard with a smooth, pale beige surface and a rougher, darker brown top edge that features a scalloped painted pattern; the shard shows worn, uneven edges and chipped areas with exposed terracotta tones, and there is a thin strip of faded red along one side; the background is a solid neutral gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A00_377

License type

Rights managed

Available size

19.2Mb (776.0Kb) / 9.5in x 7.8in / 2857 x 2351 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment bowl unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop painted pottery geometric motifs bowls Eastern Gaulish Scenery 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 Northern Mesopotamia Iraq Syria Turkey Pottery fragment height 3.8 cm width 3.8 cm depth 0.48 cm weight 8 g flat triangular ceramic shard smooth pale beige surface rougher darker brown top edge features scalloped painted pattern shard worn uneven edges chipped areas exposed terracotta tones thin strip faded red side background solid neutral gray.