Spherical vessel, unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop, Early Jazira III period ca. 2600–ca. 2350 BC. A spherical vessel with a pear-shaped, tapering body with a rounded bottom, strongly sloping shoulders passing into a low, wide neck ending with a thickened rim on the outside in the form of a wide rectangular strip; the rounded outer edge protrudes above the inner surface of the neck, creating a lowered step for a lid. On the lower part of the body a pottery mark was carved before firing: two long lines intersecting at the bottom at an acute angle, forming a mark resembling a deformed letter Y. Material: clay; viseless pottery. Origin: Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin, Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria. Date: c. 2600–c. 2350 BC Early Jazira III/Early Dynastic III. Dimensions: height 25.5 cm; width 24.6 cm., A large rounded clay vessel with a narrow flared rim fills the frame against a plain gray background; the vessel surface is an uneven beige to light tan with patches of darker ...
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Spherical vessel, unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop, Early Jazira III period ca. 2600–ca. 2350 BC. A spherical vessel with a pear-shaped, tapering body with a rounded bottom, strongly sloping shoulders passing into a low, wide neck ending with a thickened rim on the outside in the form of a wide rectangular strip; the rounded outer edge protrudes above the inner surface of the neck, creating a lowered step for a lid. On the lower part of the body a pottery mark was carved before firing: two long lines intersecting at the bottom at an acute angle, forming a mark resembling a deformed letter Y. Material: clay; viseless pottery. Origin: Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin, Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria. Date: c. 2600–c. 2350 BC Early Jazira III/Early Dynastic III. Dimensions: height 25.5 cm; width 24.6 cm., A large rounded clay vessel with a narrow flared rim fills the frame against a plain gray background; the vessel surface is an uneven beige to light tan with patches of darker brown speckling and weathered marks, showing a rough, slightly pitted texture and subtle variations in tone across its curved form.

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Spherical vessel unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop Early Jazira III period ca 2600–ca 2350 Bc spherical vessel pear-shaped tapering body rounded bottom strongly sloping shoulders passing low wide neck ending thickened rim outside form wide rectangular strip rounded outer edge protrudes inner surface neck creating lowered step lid lower part body pottery mark was carved firing two long lines intersecting bottom acute angle forming mark resembling deformed letter Y Material clay viseless pottery Origin Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria Date c 2600–c 2350 BC Early Jazira III Early Dynastic III Dimensions height 25.5 cm width 24.6 cm large rounded clay vessel narrow flared rim fills frame plain gray background vessel surface uneven beige light tan patches darker brown speckling weathered marks showing rough slightly pitted texture subtle variations tone across curved form.

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