Caption

Fragment of a bowl, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop; painted pottery with geometric motifs, bowls, Near Eastern pottery. 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 broken shard of pottery with an irregular triangular shape rests on a light gray background; the shard shows a smooth off-white surface with small speckles and a darker reddish-brown rim along the top that includes a scalloped decorative band in reddish-brown and pale beige, and the shard’s edges reveal a clay interior in shades of brown and rust with a narrow strip of darker red along one slanted side.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A00_378

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17.2Mb (953.8Kb) / 10.0in x 6.7in / 3008 x 2000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment bowl unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop painted pottery geometric motifs bowls Near Eastern pottery 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 broken shard pottery irregular triangular shape rests light gray background shard smooth off-white surface small speckles darker reddish-brown rim includes scalloped decorative band reddish-brown pale beige shard’s edges reveal clay interior shades brown rust narrow strip darker red slanted side.