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 broken shard with an angled triangular shape lies on a light gray background; the shard shows a checkered pattern in reddish-brown and beige across its upper area, a horizontal reddish-brown band below that, and a lighter beige lower section with additional reddish-brown markings; the shard surface has worn spots and small areas of chipped beige where the underlying material is visible; visible colors include light gray, beige, reddish-brown, and a touch of pale yellowish-beige.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A00_379

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17.2Mb (992.4Kb) / 10.0in x 6.7in / 3008 x 2000 (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 broken shard angled triangular shape lies light gray background shard checkered pattern reddish-brown beige across upper area horizontal reddish-brown band lighter beige lower section additional reddish-brown markings shard surface worn spots small areas chipped beige underlying material visible visible colors include light gray beige touch pale yellowish-beige.