Kitchen pot, unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop; kitchen vessels. A kitchen pot with an egg-shaped belly with a rounded bottom, slightly inward-sloping walls, terminating at the top in a rim diagonally cut inward. A few centimeters below the rim, four symmetrically placed horizontal crescent-shaped handles are attached. The outer walls are intentionally roughened at the bottom up to 2/3 of the vessel's height, while polished above. The roughened part of the vessel is heavily sooted. The fabric contains a rich admixture of crushed quartz. Clay vessel; 1st half of the 3rd millennium BC, Early Jazira III period. From Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria, Northern Mesopotamia. Vessel; height 23.5 cm, width 25.3 cm, weight 2.6 kg., A rounded, weathered pot with a bulbous shape sits against a plain light gray background, showing a textured surface with a mottled palette of tan, brown, dark brown, and beige; the pot has a few small protrusions near its rim, an uneven rim edge, and visible a...
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Kitchen pot, unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop; kitchen vessels. A kitchen pot with an egg-shaped belly with a rounded bottom, slightly inward-sloping walls, terminating at the top in a rim diagonally cut inward. A few centimeters below the rim, four symmetrically placed horizontal crescent-shaped handles are attached. The outer walls are intentionally roughened at the bottom up to 2/3 of the vessel's height, while polished above. The roughened part of the vessel is heavily sooted. The fabric contains a rich admixture of crushed quartz. Clay vessel; 1st half of the 3rd millennium BC, Early Jazira III period. From Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria, Northern Mesopotamia. Vessel; height 23.5 cm, width 25.3 cm, weight 2.6 kg., A rounded, weathered pot with a bulbous shape sits against a plain light gray background, showing a textured surface with a mottled palette of tan, brown, dark brown, and beige; the pot has a few small protrusions near its rim, an uneven rim edge, and visible areas of wear and surface irregularity including patches, roughened sections, and subtle cracks across its body.

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Kitchen pot unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop kitchen vessels kitchen pot egg-shaped belly rounded bottom slightly inward-sloping walls terminating top rim diagonally cut inward centimeters rim four symmetrically placed horizontal crescent-shaped handles attached outer walls intentionally roughened bottom up 2 3 vessel's height polished roughened part vessel heavily sooted fabric contains rich admixture crushed quartz Clay vessel 1st half 3rd millennium BC Early Jazira III period Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria Northern Mesopotamia Vessel height 23.5 cm width 25.3 cm weight 2.6 kg rounded weathered pot bulbous shape sits plain light gray background showing textured surface mottled palette tan brown dark brown beige pot small protrusions near uneven edge visible areas wear surface irregularity patches roughened sections subtle cracks across body.

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