Caption

Kitchen pot, unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop, Early Jazira III period ca. 2600–ca. 2350 BC. A kitchen pot with an egg-shaped belly and rounded bottom. Upper walls bend slightly inward forming narrow shoulders that give rise to a low, cylindrical wide neck with a straight, slightly tilted spout. Two slightly thickened horizontal crescent-shaped handles are attached on opposite edges of the spout. Outer walls are intentionally roughened at the bottom up to half the vessel’s height and carefully polished above. Traces of soot are visible on the bottom and slightly above. Syria, Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria. Vessel; height 20.5 cm, width 20.7 cm., A large rounded clay pot with a narrow rim in shades of brown and tan, showing darker brown and almost black areas on its lower half and lighter tan patches near the top, with an overall textured, weathered surface and a muted gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A05_363

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85.9Mb (4.4Mb) / 18.1in x 18.5in / 5425 x 5535 (300dpi)

Keywords

Kitchen pot unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop Early Jazira III period ca 2600–ca 2350 Bc kitchen pot egg-shaped belly rounded bottom Upper walls bend slightly inward forming narrow shoulders give rise low cylindrical wide neck straight slightly tilted spout Two slightly thickened horizontal crescent-shaped handles attached opposite edges Outer walls intentionally roughened bottom up half vessel’s height carefully polished Traces soot visible bottom Syria Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria Vessel height 20.5 cm width 20.7 cm large rounded clay pot narrow rim shades brown tan showing darker brown almost black areas lower half lighter tan patches near top textured weathered surface muted gray background.