Spherical vessel, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop; hand-made miniature spherical vessel with a rounded bottom and a low neck transitioning into a slightly tilted, undulating short rim with a pointed tip; irregular, wide vertical grooves on the body; viseless, hand-made miniature vessel; Near Eastern pottery; Eastern Gaulish Scene style; 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 rounded, textured clay vessel with an uneven rim sits on a clear circular stand against a flat background; the vessel shows a rough, earthy surface with small pits and irregularities and appears in shades of tan, beige, and light brown, while the stand is translucent and slightly reflective, and the background is a uniform medium gray.
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Spherical vessel, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop; hand-made miniature spherical vessel with a rounded bottom and a low neck transitioning into a slightly tilted, undulating short rim with a pointed tip; irregular, wide vertical grooves on the body; viseless, hand-made miniature vessel; Near Eastern pottery; Eastern Gaulish Scene style; 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 rounded, textured clay vessel with an uneven rim sits on a clear circular stand against a flat background; the vessel shows a rough, earthy surface with small pits and irregularities and appears in shades of tan, beige, and light brown, while the stand is translucent and slightly reflective, and the background is a uniform medium gray.

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