Caption

Spherical vessel, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop, viseless, hand-made miniature vessel with a rounded bottom and a low neck transitioning into a slightly tilted and undulating short rim with a pointed tip; irregular, wide vertical grooves on the body. 1st half of the 3rd millennium BC; Early Jazira III period ca. 2600–ca. 2350 BC. Tell Jassa el Gharbi North-Eastern Syria; Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin. Vessel; height 7.9 cm, width 7.1 cm, weight 176 g., A single rounded vessel with a rough, textured surface sits upright on a clear circular stand against a solid gray background; the vessel is an uneven beige to light tan color with small darker flecks and faint variations in tone across its body, showing irregular pits and scratches in the clay and a slightly wavy rim, while the clear stand appears translucent with subtle reflections.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_487

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32.4Mb (1.7Mb) / 11.2in x 11.2in / 3366 x 3366 (300dpi)

Keywords

Spherical vessel unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop viseless hand- miniature vessel rounded bottom low neck transitioning slightly tilted undulating short rim pointed tip irregular wide vertical grooves body 1st half 3rd millennium BC Early Jazira III period ca 2600–ca 2350 Bc Tell Jassa el Gharbi North-Eastern Syria Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin Vessel height 7.9 cm width 7.1 cm weight 176 g single rounded vessel rough textured surface sits upright clear circular stand solid gray background uneven beige light tan color small darker flecks faint variations tone across showing irregular pits scratches clay slightly wavy rim clear stand translucent subtle reflections.