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 diagonally cut inward rim. 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 and polished above; the roughened part is heavily sooted. The fabric contains a rich admixture of crushed quartz. 1st half of the 3rd millennium BC; Early Jazira III period. Findspot: Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria. Northern Mesopotamia place of manufacture. Vessel. Height 23.5 cm; width 25.3 cm; weight 2.6 kg., A rounded, weathered pot sits against a plain light gray background, showing a textured surface with a mottled pattern of tan, brown, and darker brown areas; the pot has an uneven rim and a small protrusion on one side, with visible cracks and repaired seams across ...
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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 diagonally cut inward rim. 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 and polished above; the roughened part is heavily sooted. The fabric contains a rich admixture of crushed quartz. 1st half of the 3rd millennium BC; Early Jazira III period. Findspot: Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria. Northern Mesopotamia place of manufacture. Vessel. Height 23.5 cm; width 25.3 cm; weight 2.6 kg., A rounded, weathered pot sits against a plain light gray background, showing a textured surface with a mottled pattern of tan, brown, and darker brown areas; the pot has an uneven rim and a small protrusion on one side, with visible cracks and repaired seams across its surface and a rough, slightly darker base resting on a translucent stand.

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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 diagonally cut inward rim centimeters rim four symmetrically placed horizontal crescent-shaped handles attached outer walls intentionally roughened bottom up 2 3 vessel's height polished roughened part heavily sooted fabric contains rich admixture crushed quartz 1st half 3rd millennium BC Early Jazira III period Findspot Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria Northern Mesopotamia place manufacture Vessel Height 23.5 cm width 25.3 cm weight 2.6 kg rounded weathered pot sits plain light gray background showing textured surface mottled pattern tan brown darker brown areas uneven rim small protrusion side visible cracks repaired seams across surface rough slightly darker base resting translucent stand.

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