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Spherical vessel, unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop, Early Jazira III period ca. 2600–ca. 2350 BC / Early Dynastic III period. A spherical vessel with a pear-shaped, tapering body and 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 whose 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. c. 2600–c. 2350 BC; Syria, Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin, Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria. Vessel; clay; height 25.5 cm, width 24.6 cm., A top-down view of a round ceramic vessel with a wide open mouth, showing a textured, rough surface in beige and tan tones and an interior that appears very dark brown to black, set against a flat gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A05_347

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Keywords

Spherical vessel unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop Early Jazira III period ca 2600–ca 2350 Bc Early Dynastic III period 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 c 2600–c Syria Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria Vessel clay height 25.5 cm width 24.6 cm top-down view round ceramic vessel wide open mouth showing textured rough surface beige tan tones interior dark brown black set flat gray background.